maypop
[ mey-pop ]
/ ˈmeɪˌpɒp /
noun
the edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, of the southern U.S.
the plant itself.
South Midland and Southern U.S.
May apple.
Origin of maypop
1850–55,
Americanism; probably taboo deformation of earlier
maycock, earlier
maracock, perhaps < Virginia Algonquian