maracock
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Powhatan.
Noun
maracock (plural maracocks)
- (historical) The fruit of various American passionflowers, probably Passiflora incarnata and Passiflora lutea.
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 139:
- They plant also Maracocks a wild fruit like a lemmon, which also increase infinitely.
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 139: