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(obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit. / (obsolete, figuratively) The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

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passion tree

Source Word

passion tree

Noun

obsolete figuratively

(obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit. / (obsolete, figuratively) The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Japanese Meaning

（古語）実が得られるために栽培されたパッションフラワー、すなわち果実用のパッションツリー。 / （古語・比喩的）イエス・キリストが磔にされた十字架を指す表現。

In the museum greenhouses, a lone passion tree stood as a living relic of a once-common fruit crop.

博物館の温室では、かつては一般的だった果物作物の生きた遺物として、果実用に栽培されたトケイソウが一株残されていた。

Sense（1）

(obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit.

Mr. Fairchild budded a passion-tree, whose leaves were spotted with yellow, into one which bears long fruit.

Sense（2）

(obsolete, figuratively) The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

passion trees

（ plural ）