passe-fleur

French

Etymology

Nativized from passi-flore, passiflore, from translingual Passiflora and Medieval Latin flōs passiōnis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas.flœʁ/, /pɑs.flœʁ/
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Noun

passe-fleur f (plural passe-fleurs) (obsolete)

common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
rose campion (Silene coronaria syn. Lychnis coronaria)

Derived terms

passe-rose (“idem”)

Further reading

“passe-fleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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