Passion fruit was a staple of Aztec society and once Spanish missionaries laid eyes on the blossoms of the passion fruit, they named it thus as they said that the blossoms resembled the crown of thorns on Christ's head during the crucifixion.
they said that the blossoms resembled the crown of thorns on Christ's head during the crucifixion
Spanish missionaries laid eyes on the blossoms of the passion fruit
the blossoms resembled
the crown of thorns