passion tree

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Noun

passion tree (plural passion trees)

  1. (obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit.
    • 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.

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