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macock

UK/ˈmeɪkɒk/

macock noun: a particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.

Noun

macock (plural macocks)

  1. (historical) A particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.
    • In May amongst their corne they plant Pumpeons, and a fruit like unto a muske millen, but lesse and worse, which they call Macocks.1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, quoted by Kupperman in 1988

Forms of macock

pluralmacocks

Origin of macock

Borrowed from Carolina Algonquian macócqwer (plural) or Powhatan mahcawq (“small pumpkin”), or from a combination of the two.

Questions about macock

What does macock mean?
Macock means a particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.
What part of speech is macock?
Macock is a noun.
How do you pronounce macock?
Macock is pronounced /ˈmeɪkɒk/ (UK).
What is the plural of macock?
The plural of macock is macocks.

Words near macock in the dictionary

  1. MacNeven
  2. MacNiven
  3. MacNutt
  4. maco
  5. macocious
  6. macock
  7. macocks
  8. macoilin
  9. macoilins
  10. Macolyte
  11. Macolytes

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