1. the edible fruit of the passionflower vine, especially Passiflora incarnata
2. the passionflower vine itself, native to the southeastern United States
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The children collected maypops from the vine growing along the fence.
• Maypops ripen to a yellowish color in late summer.
• The maypops vine produces beautiful purple flowers before fruiting.
• Native Americans traditionally used maypops for food and medicine.
• You can make jelly from the pulp of ripe maypops.
• The maypops growing wild in the field attracted many butterflies.