may tree

American  

noun

British.

1. the hawthorn.

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may tree British  

noun

1. a Brit name for hawthorn

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may tree

So it will be a happy meeting under the pink may tree of Laburnum Lodge when these two are restored safely to each other after the excitements of the day.

From Not that it Matters by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

Among these may tree, an ox, a bee, a spearhead.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

The squirrel rippled higher up the may tree.

From Living Alone by Benson, Stella

The may tree in the middle of the garden seemed to be her partner.

From Living Alone by Benson, Stella

By reason of the working of it in the particles they could by no possibility arrange themselves into a may tree or a lilac bush.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir