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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.
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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.
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   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.
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U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Mayflower, AR (city, FIPS 44750)
  Location: 34.97181 N, 92.41902 W
  Population (1990): 1415 (708 housing units)
  Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 72106