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macca|ˈmækə|
[f. macaw2.]
1. A Jamaican name for the palm Acrocomia sclerocarpa, distinguished by its prickles; hence, used for the prickles of other plants and animals. Also attrib.
1873[implied in sense 2]. 1910Anderson & Cundall Jamaica Anancy Stories 31 De man dat hab on boot must go befo' so' mash macca. 1946E. N. Burke Stories told by Uncle Newton I. 17 There was soft grease—applied warm—for prickles (‘macca’ to us children) in the fingers or toes. 1956J. Hearne Stranger at Gate xvii. 131 They went through the bush..the dry macca crunching beneath their shoes. Ibid. xxxi. 239 If I have to walk a hundred mile on macca thorn, I am going to be dere. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk i. 7 A thoroughly Jamaican word..is macca, which now means any kind of prickle, thorn, bur, or sharp spine on plants or animals... It is used in many combinations too, like macca breadfruit, macca yam, macca fern.
2. macca-fat, a Jamaican name for the fruits of certain oil-yielding palms, esp. those of the genus Acrocomia and the oil palm, Elæis guineensis; macca-fat palm, one of these trees. Cf. macaw-fat (macaw2).
1873C. J. G. Rampini Lett. from Jamaica 71 Clumps of wild ginger, Macca-fat palms,—surely the most graceful of all that graceful tribe. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk i. 7 The macaw tree [is]..also called the macca-fat palm in Jamaica. Ibid., The two most prominent features of these trees [are]—the fruits (not dates, but a similar nut-like berry with an edible rind, the macca-fat of today) and the thorns. |