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  mayflower

  noun

  any of various plants that blossom in May, such as the hepatica or anemone in the United States, and the hawthorn or cowslip in England.
• Mayflower
  Mayflower

  noun

  the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620

mayflower

American  

[mey-flou-er] / ˈmeɪˌflaʊ ər /

noun

1. any of various plants that blossom in May, such as the hepatica or anemone in the United States, and the hawthorn or cowslip in England.

2. trailing arbutus.

3. Mayflower, the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton, England, to North America in 1620.

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Mayflower ¹ British  

/ ˈmeɪˌflaʊə /

noun

1. the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620

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mayflower ² British  

/ ˈmeɪˌflaʊə /

noun

1. any of various plants that bloom in May

2. another name for trailing arbutus

3. another name for hawthorn cowslip marsh marigold

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Mayflower Cultural  

1. The ship that carried the Pilgrims to America. It made a permanent landing near Plymouth Rock in 1620, after the Pilgrims had agreed to the Mayflower Compact.

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Etymology

Origin of mayflower

First recorded in 1560–70; May + flower

Example Sentences

And in November of that same year the MAYFLOWER, with her very different cargo of brave freemen, dropped anchor in Cape Cod Bay.

From Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on by Hawkins, Walter

This is the real starting point of the MAYFLOWER.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The President's answer has never before been published: U. S. S. MAYFLOWER, 12 September, 1917.

From Jailed for Freedom by Stevens, Doris

We might say, indeed, that the story of John Brown flows from the events of 1620, the year of the MAYFLOWER.

From Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on by Hawkins, Walter