As nouns the difference between passionflower and maracock
is that passionflower is any of very many north american vines, of the genus passiflora , that bear edible fruit, called passion fruit while maracock is (historical) the fruit of various american passionflowers, probably.
passionflower
English
Noun
(
en noun)
any of very many North American vines, of the genus Passiflora , that bear edible fruit, called passion fruit.
the flower of this plant
Related terms
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* Passiflora
* passion fruit
maracock
English
(Passion flower)
Noun
(
en noun)
(historical) The fruit of various American passionflowers, probably .
* 1612 , John Smith, Map of Virginia , in Kupperman 1988, p. 139:
- They plant also Maracocks a wild fruit like a lemmon, which also increase infinitely.