passion tree

noun — 2 senses

passion tree

noun

1

Obsolete A passion flower cultivated for its fruit.

Mr. Fairchild budded a passion-tree, whose leaves were spotted with yellow, into one which bears long fruit.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 200:

2

Figuratively, Obsolete The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

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