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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PASSIFLORA

Pas "si *flo "ra, n. Etym: [NL. , from L. passio passion (fr. pati, passus, to suffer ) + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreæ, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species.

 

Duden Dictionary

Passiflora

Pas si flo ra Substantiv, feminin , die |Passifl o ra |die Passiflora; Genitiv: der Passiflora, Plural: die Passifloren lateinisch-neulateinisch Passionsblume