giant granadilla

9.9

A tropical plant that makes very large fruit you can eat

noun

: granadilla gigante

The giant granadilla is prized for its enormous, sweet-scented fruit.

Examples

Farmers in tropical regions often cultivate the giant granadilla for both its flowers and fruit.
I bought a giant granadilla at the market yesterday.
After tasting the giant granadilla, she decided to plant one in her garden.
The giant granadilla is known for its sweet flavor.
Farmers in tropical regions often cultivate the giant granadilla for its large, edible fruit.
After tasting the giant granadilla, she couldn't believe how sweet and juicy it was.
I bought a giant granadilla at the market, and it filled the kitchen with a delightful aroma.

Synonyms

Passiflora quadrangularis

vsgiant granadilla

Specialized

9.9

A large tropical vine that makes big edible fruit called granadilla

is the common name used instead of the scientific species name

granadilla

vsgiant granadilla

Australian

8.8

A tropical climbing plant that makes a sweet fruit like passionfruit with a hard shell and many small seeds

is the specific American species producing much larger fruit

Surface Forms

giant granadilla singular

giant granadillas plural

Morphology

giant + granadilla

This is a straightforward adjective + noun combination where 'giant' means very large and 'granadilla' names a passionflower/fruit; the overall sense 'a very large granadilla (passionfruit)' is directly derivable from the parts. The construction follows a common, cross-linguistic compounding pattern and involves no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.

Etymology

Giant granadilla is named for the plant's very large fruit. The word granadilla names a type of passionfruit and the word giant shows this one is much bigger than the usual fruit, so the name helps you remember it is a big, edible tropical passionflower.