yellow granadilla
- noun
- Specialized
:
granadilla amarilla
- The sweet pulp of the yellow granadilla is often used in tropical desserts.
Examples
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Local farmers cultivate yellow granadillas for both domestic and export markets.
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I bought a yellow granadilla from the market.
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I tasted a fresh yellow granadilla while visiting the West Indies.
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The yellow granadilla is delicious.
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I tasted a fresh yellow granadilla while visiting the West Indies.
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Local farmers cultivate yellow granadillas for both domestic and export markets.
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The sweet pulp of the yellow granadilla is often used in tropical desserts.
Synonyms
A yellow tropical fruit with juicy sweet pulp like passion fruit
A tropical vine that makes sweet yellow fruit eaten in tropical places
A yellow tropical fruit with juicy sweet flesh
A climbing plant from the Caribbean that has bright yellow fruit you can eat
A yellow tropical fruit with sweet juicy flesh and a strong smell
A tropical climbing plant that makes a sweet fruit like passionfruit with a hard shell and many small seeds
A sweet tropical fruit with soft, juicy pulp that smells nice
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective + noun combination where 'yellow' (a color) modifies 'granadilla' (a kind of fruit), so the meaning — the yellow variety of the granadilla or its fruit — is directly derivable from the parts. Color + noun constructions are highly compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Yellow granadilla may come from Spanish granadilla, a small form of the word 'granada' which means 'pomegranate' or 'grenade' because the many seeds inside look like a tiny pomegranate or grenade. The word yellow marks the fruit's colour, so the name simply means the yellow, seed-filled fruit prized for its sweet pulp.
