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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Carolina Algonquian macócqwer (plural) or Powhatan mahcawq (“small pumpkin”), or from a combination of the two.
Pronunciation
Noun
macock (plural macocks)
- (historical) A particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.
- 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, quoted by Kupperman in 1988:
- In May amongst their corne they plant Pumpeons, and a fruit like unto a muske millen, but lesse and worse, which they call Macocks.
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