mayflower

4 definitions found

mayflower - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
     In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing
     arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
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  Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
     arbor tree.]
     The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
     Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
     strawberry; the arbute tree.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
        the Heath family (Epig[ae]a repens), having white or
        usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
        growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
        the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called
        also ground laurel. --Gray.
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mayflower - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mayflower
      n 1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England
           to Massachusetts in 1620
      2: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
         leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
         flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, Epigaea   repens
         ]

mayflower - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Mayflower, AR (city, FIPS 44750)
    Location: 34.97181 N, 92.41902 W
    Population (1990): 1415 (708 housing units)
    Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72106