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== Etymology and names ==
[[File
assion flower (1).jpg|thumb|right|[[Blue Passion Flower]] (''Passiflora caerulea''), showing most of the "Passion of Christ" characters.]]
Popularly, passionflowers and especially [[passionfruit]] are frequently used with sexual or romantic [[innuendo]], giving rise to such uses as a one-time soft drink named [[Purple Passion]]. The "Passion" in "passion flower" does not refer to [[sex]] and [[love]] however, but to the [[passion (Christianity)|passion of Jesus Christ]]. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of [[Jesus Christ]] and especially the [[Crucifixion]]:
* The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the [[Holy Lance]].
* The [[tendril]]s represent the [[whip]]s used in the [[Flagellation of Christ]].
* The ten [[petal]]s and [[sepal]]s represent the ten faithful [[apostles]] (less [[St. Peter]] the denier and [[Judas Iscariot]] the betrayer).
* The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the [[Crown of Thorns]].
* The [[Chalice (cup)|chalice]]-shaped [[Ovary (plants)|ovary]] with its [[receptacle]] represents a hammer or the [[Holy Grail]]
* The 3 [[gynoecium|stigma]]ta represent the 3 [[nail]]s and the 5 [[anther]]s below them the 5 [[stigmata|wounds]] (four by the nails and one by the lance).
* The blue and white colors of many species' flowers represent [[Heaven]] and [[Purity]].
The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In [[Spain]], it is known as ''espina de Cristo'' ("Christ's Thorn"). Old [[German (language)|German]] names<ref>Marzell (1927)</ref> are ''Christus-Krone'' ("Christ's Crown"), ''Christus-
