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purple granadillo

purple granadillo

9.9
A purple Brazilian fruit eaten fresh or used in drinks and desserts
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : granadilla morada
  • The juice of the purple granadillo is especially popular in Brazilian cuisine.

Examples

  • Farmers cultivate the purple granadillo for its vibrant, flavorful fruit.

  • She bought a purple granadillo at the market to serve with dessert.

  • The purple granadillo is a delicious fruit.

  • I bought some purple granadillos at the market.

  • Farmers cultivate the purple granadillo for its vibrant, flavorful fruit.

  • The juice of the purple granadillo is especially popular in Brazilian cuisine.

  • She bought a purple granadillo at the market to serve with dessert.

Synonyms

Passiflora edulis
vspurple granadillo
  • Specialized
7.5

A tropical climbing vine that produces edible purple passion fruit

is the specific cultivated form prized for very deep purple fruit and culinary use
granadilla
vspurple granadillo
  • Australian
8.8

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

is the Brazilian cultivated passionflower producing deep purple fruit for eating or desserts

Surface Forms

purple granadillo singular
purple granadillos plural

Morphology

purple + granadillo

This is a straight adjective + noun composition: 'purple' names a color and modifies the noun 'granadillo' (a fruit or plant). If a learner knows both constituent meanings, they can readily infer it denotes a purple variety or instance of granadillo, so the meaning is compositional and immediately derivable.

Etymology

The noun purple granadillo may come from Spanish: people called the fruit granadillo because it looked like a small 'pomegranate', and they added purple for its deep color. So the name now refers to the deep-purple passionfruit people eat fresh or use in drinks and desserts.