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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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

2. low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers;
[syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, Epigaea repens]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. [1913 Webster] Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epig[ae]a repens), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mayflower n 1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 2: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, Epigaea repens]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Mayflower, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 1631 Housing Units (2000): 872 Land area (2000): 2.929154 sq. miles (7.586474 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.046602 sq. miles (0.120698 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.975756 sq. miles (7.707172 sq. km) FIPS code: 44750 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 34.968118 N, 92.419603 W ZIP Codes (1990): 72106 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Mayflower, AR Mayflower