How can I pass a property as a parameter without passing the property name as a string in VB.NET?

Question

I want to access a property inside another method without passing the property name as a string. There are two reasons for this requirement:

1. I cannot pass the property value, as I may not want to evaluate it, but retrieve it from a cache instead (the cache will be more efficient in my setup, for some properties).
2. I do not want to pass the name as a string because compile-time errors will not be raised if the string is invalid.

After hours of searching, I have not found a definite answer (which makes me wonder if one exists!). I have explored the following options so far:

• Using ByRef - This does not give the ability to access the property name.
• Using Reflection - This would need to have the property name passed in as a string, which I want to avoid (from Alois at GeeksWithBlogs (via the Internet Archive)).
• Using Delegation - This looked like the most likely method, but properties are not supported (from a thread at Extreme.NetTalk).

Below is an oversimplified demonstration of how I would implement this if properties could be used in delegation:

Delegate Property FunctionName() As String

Public Function GetPropName(ByVal prop As FunctionName) As String
    Return prop.Method.Name
End Function

Public Sub Test()
    Dim x As New MyType()
    ' This should print 'Definition'
    Debug.Print(GetPropName(AddressOf x.Definition))
End Sub

Is there a way to pass a property as a parameter - in a format which allows access to both its name and value - without passing the property name as a string?