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noun
1.
the edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern U.S.
2.
the plant itself.
3.
South Midland and Southern U.S. May apple.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; probably taboo deformation of earlier maycock, earlier maracock, perhaps < Virginia Algonquian
1850–55, Americanism; probably taboo deformation of earlier maycock, earlier maracock, perhaps < Virginia Algonquian
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| maypop | |
noun | |
| of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg |
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Maypop
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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