may blossom

may

noun

the blossom of the may tree or hawthorn

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Example sentences from the Web for may blossom

The magnificent promise of spring was broken before the May-blossom was fully out.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Peter looks admiringly at May-blossom, and, thereby gaining inspiration, finds himself equal to a second attempt at conversation.
My Fire Opal, and Other Tales|Sarah Warner Brooks
Never, in all May-blossom's unmothered life, has there been a night like this.
My Fire Opal, and Other Tales|Sarah Warner Brooks
But such excitements are the May-blossom seasons of God's eternal husbandry.
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes|Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

There were no trees of any size; nothing bigger in fact than hawthorns, which were full of may-blossom.
At the Back of the North Wind|George MacDonald