Definitions for granadilla

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granadilla gran·a·dil·la

Spelling: [gran-uh-dil-uh]

IPA: /ˌgræn əˈdɪl ə/

Granadilla is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 338 anagrams from letters in granadilla (aaadgillnr).

Definitions for granadilla

noun

1. the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
2. any of the plants yielding these fruits.

Origin of granadilla

1605-15; Spanish granadilla, diminutive of granada pomegranate

Examples for granadilla

The granadilla is a shrub or bush, and it twines round the trunks of trees, or climbs up the walls of the Ranchos.

granadilla, gran-a-dil′a, n. the edible fruit of a species of passion-flower.

Mr. Caruthers has brought a root of mint and some cuttings of granadilla, which have been set out along the arbor.

Sapadilla is really a fruit something like a medlar, but the name is given to all sorts of fruit, notably granadilla.

The granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) is about the size of an apple, but rather oblong.