passion tree

English

Noun

passion tree (plural passion trees)

1. (obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit. [18th–19th c.]
   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 200:

     Mr. Fairchild budded a passion-tree, whose leaves were spotted with yellow, into one which bears long fruit.

2. (obsolete, figurative) The cross on which Jesus was crucified. [19th c.]

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