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granadilla
noun gran·a·dil·la \ˌgran-ə-ˈdi-lə, -ˈdē-(y)ə\
Definition of GRANADILLA
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: any of various usually egg-shaped to football-shaped passion fruits (especially of Passiflora quadrangularis and P. edulis) that have juicy aromatic pulp : a passionflower that produces granadillas
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Origin of GRANADILLA
Spanish, diminutive of granada pomegranate, from Late Latin granata — more at grenade
Rhymes with GRANADILLA
barathea, bougainvillea, camarilla, Caesarea, cascarilla, Cytherea, diarrhea, dulcinea, Eritrea, fantasia, Galatea, gonorrhea, hamartia, Hialeah, Idumaea, Ituraea, Kampuchea, latakia, Latakia, logorrhea, mythopoeia, Nicosia, panacea, Parousia, pizzeria, pyorrhea, ratafia, Santeria, seborrhea, sinfonia, Tanzania, trattoria
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