MAYPOP


Meaning of MAYPOP in English

/may"pop'/ , n.

1. the edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern U.S.

2. the plant itself.

3. South Midland and Southern U.S. May apple.

[ 1850-55, Amer.; prob. taboo deformation of earlier maycock, earlier maracock, perh. ]

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