maypop
Americannoun
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the edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern U.S.
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the plant itself.
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South Midland and Southern U.S. May apple.
Etymology
Origin of maypop
1850–55, probably taboo deformation of earlier maycock, earlier maracock, perhaps < Virginia Algonquian
Example Sentences
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Vonetta and Fern threw purple maypop petals and blew dandelions as they hobbled down the aisle.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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