Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants that bloom in May.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see
arbutus ); also, the blossom of these plants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants that flower inMay - especially thehawthorn (in Britain) and thetrailing arbutus (in the US).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
- noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
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Examples
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The name mayflower was familiar in England, as the application of it to the historic vessel shows, but it was applied by the English, and still is, to the hawthorn.
Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems, Complete Volume II., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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The name mayflower was familiar in England, as the application of it to the historic vessel shows, but it was applied by the English, and still is, to the hawthorn.
The Frost Spirit and Others from Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems Volume II., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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The name mayflower was familiar in England, as the application of it to the historic vessel shows, but it was applied by the English, and still is, to the hawthorn.
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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They skimmed across the ice for a series of drills, shooting and skating in patterns as intricate as a mayflower pole weaving.
A Gifted Coach and His Dream Machine Sophia Hollander 2011
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Five Fun Facts About May 7 History holiday season, macy's day parade, mayflower, pilgrim, pilgrims, plymouth rock, thanksgiving
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Shadbush/Juneberry blooming, Canada mayflower leaves up but no flowers yet.
Mixed bag jhetley 2009
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Chucky, they the ones that came over on the mayflower?
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More rhodora blooming in the wetlands, Canada mayflower actually flowering in May, even if not in Canada, some trout lily and trilliums.
Tuesday roadkill report jhetley 2007
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Don't laugh this is serious stuff to me. being scottish-my family actually arriving to the americas with the mayflower-no bull Ahem.
Archive 2007-12-01 MANDREWS 2007
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Don't laugh this is serious stuff to me. being scottish-my family actually arriving to the americas with the mayflower-no bull Ahem.
Saving Scotland MANDREWS 2007
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