Passiflora \Pas"si*flo"ra\, n. [NL., from L. passio passion (fr.
pati, passus, to suffer) + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the
type of the order {Passiflore[ae]}, which includes about
nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.
Passiflora
n : type genus of the Passifloraceae [syn: {genus Passiflora}]