maypop

may·pop  (mpp)

n.

1. A vine (Passiflora incarnata) of the southeast United States having purple and white flowers, three-lobed leaves, and edible yellow fruit.

2. The fruit of this plant.

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[Alteration of maycock, from earlier maracock, perhaps of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

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Noun

1.

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