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mayflower
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mayflower has 2 senses
- mayflower(n = noun.artifact) Array - the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620; Array is a kind of ship
- mayflower(n = noun.plant) epigaea repens, trailing arbutus - low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers; Array is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
mayflower, n.
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mayflower, n. any of various flowers that bloom in May, esp. the trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens.
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