mayflower Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
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noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
trailing arbutus; Epigaea repens.
WordNet
May"flow`er noun
Definitions
(Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus ); also, the blossom of these plants.
