MAYPOP Definition & Meaning

maypop

[ mey-pop ]

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the edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern U.S.
the plant itself.
South Midland and Southern U.S. May apple.

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1850–55, Americanism; probably taboo deformation of earlier maycock, earlier maracock, perhaps < Virginia Algonquian

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Vonetta and Fern threw purple maypop petals and blew dandelions as they hobbled down the aisle.

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On Sundays we'd strike out for the big woods and we'd gather our dresses full of hickory nuts, walnuts and berries and a sour apple called 'maypop.'

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