maypop

may·pop

M0166600 (mā′pŏp′)n.1. A passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) of the southeast United States having purple and white flowers, three-lobed leaves, and edible oval yellow fruit.2. The fruit of this plant.

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[Alteration (perhaps influenced by pop) of earlier maycock, alteration (influenced by May) of earlier maracock, perhaps of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

maypop

(ˈmeɪˌpɒp) n (Plants) dialect US a climbing wild flower, Passiflora incarnata, common in the southern USA and yielding an oval berry approximately the size of a hen's egg

may•pop

(ˈmeɪˌpɒp)

n. 1. the edible fruit of a passion flower. 2. passion flower. [1850–55, Amer.; from maycock, perhaps < Virginia Algonquian]

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maypop - of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen eggPassiflora incarnatapassionflower, passionflower vine - any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit