noun
passion fruit (Passiflora edulis)
Rare Japanese name for passion fruit; the loanword パッションフルーツ is overwhelmingly more common.
See also: パッションフルーツ
果物時計草はパッションフルーツの和名の一つだが、ほとんど使われない。
果物時計草 is one Japanese name for passion fruit, but it is hardly ever used.
Rare kanji spelling; the word is almost always written in katakana as クダモノトケイソウ.
Standard katakana spelling for this plant name.
The standard modern term for passion fruit; 果物時計草 is a rare native Japanese equivalent.
Compound of 果物 (fruit) + 時計草 (clock plant, i.e., passionflower), referring to the edible fruit of the passionflower. The exact origin is uncertain, but it is a descriptive Japanese coinage.