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may tree

American  

noun

British.
  1. the hawthorn.


may tree British  

noun

  1. a Brit name for hawthorn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 George Rawlinson

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 A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

The squirrel rippled higher up the may tree.

From Living Alone by Stella Benson

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

From Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair

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

From Living Alone by Stella Benson

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