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maypop definition

☆ may·pop (mā′päp′)

noun

  1. the small, yellow, edible fruit of a passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) growing in the S U.S.
  2. the plant itself

Etymology: altered < maracock < AmInd (Algonquian)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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