may tree

noun British.

the hawthorn.

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Words nearby may tree

may beetle, may blobs, may blossom, may day, may queen, may tree, may two-four, may wine, may-blob, may-hegglin anomaly, may-white syndrome

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Example sentences from the Web for may tree

She was seated on a green garden-bench which surrounded the great May-tree in that large, warm, well-furnished garden.
The Rector|Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
I know quite a lot about America from a grey squirrel who rents my may-tree on Mitten Island.
Living Alone|Stella Benson
In many an old German village there stood a tree, often a May-tree, which the villagers guarded as the apple of their eye.
The Sacred Tree|J. H. Philpot
The wagon stood under a may-tree, and the flowers were dropping on the grass like snow.
The Gypsy's Parson|George Hall

Here and there in the wide sweep of tall growing things stood a tree—a may-tree shining like silver, a laburnum like fine gold.
The Incomplete Amorist|E. Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for may tree

may tree

noun

a Brit name for hawthorn

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