Meanings
nounmaracock (plural maracocks)
plural maracocks
- historicalThe fruit of various American passionflowers, probably Passiflora incarnata and Passiflora lutea.
They plant also Maracocks a wild fruit like a lemmon, which also increase infinitely.
1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 139Synonyms: maypop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fruit of various American passionflowers, probably Passiflora incarnata and Passiflora lutea.
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Origin
Perhaps borrowed from Powhatan.
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