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Noun: mayflower  'mey,flaw(-u)r
  1. Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
    "The sweet scent of mayflower announced spring's arrival";
    - trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens
Noun: Mayflower
  1. The ship that transported the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620
    "The Mayflower's journey took 66 days to cross the Atlantic"

Derived forms: mayflowers

Type of: bush, ship, shrub

Encyclopedia: Mayflower, Missouri