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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Example Sentences

It must be jolly, for instance, to live in Laburnum Lodge with its pink may tree.

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

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

From Living Alone by Benson, Stella

And the clipped privet bush by the trellis and the may tree by the gate.

From Life and Death of Harriett Frean by Sinclair, May

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

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