DCHP-1 Online
atoca [< Cdn F atocas < Huron] Obs. 
n. the cranberry, Vaccinium sp.
- 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 (1956) These ottakas do not require drying or preserving, for they keep through the whole winter in the Indian lodges. . . .
- 1760 The atoca is a fruit growing in pods, the size of a cherry.