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atoca
[< Cdn F atocas < Huron]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the cranberry, Vaccinium sp.
Quotations
1760
The atoca is a fruit growing in pods, the size of a cherry.
1830
This pleasant fruit is yearly collected in autumn, and brought to market under the Indian name of atoca, the proper French name of canneberge not being in use here.
1860
These ottakas do not require drying or preserving, for they keep through the whole winter in the Indian lodges. . . .