passe-fleur
French
Etymology
Nativized from passi-flore, passiflore, from translingual Passiflora and Medieval Latin flōs passiōnis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pas.flœʁ/, /pɑs.flœʁ/
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.