maracock

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Etymology

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Perhaps borrowed from Powhatan.

Noun

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maracock (plural maracocks)

  1. (historical) The fruit of various American passionflowers, probably Passiflora incarnata and Passiflora lutea.
    • 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 139:
      They plant also Maracocks a wild fruit like a lemmon, which also increase infinitely.

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