june

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun june has 1 sense

june(n = noun.time) - the month following May and preceding July;

is a part of

gregorian calendar

new style calendar

has parts: davis' birthday, jefferson davis' birthday, june 3, flag day, june 14, father's day, june 29, saints peter and paul, mid-june, june 21, midsummer, summer solstice, june 24, midsummer's day, midsummer day, st john's day, june 23, midsummer eve, midsummer night, st john's eve, st john's night

is a kind of gregorian calendar month

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CIDE DICTIONARY

june, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.].

The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. [1913 Webster]

"And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days." [1913 Webster]

June beetle, June bug (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larvæ of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle. -- June grass (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

june, n. the sixth month of the year.

Etymology

ME f. OF juin f. L Junius var. of Junonius sacred to Juno

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