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Mayflower - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Mayflower : (noun)
1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to
Massachusetts in 1620 [syn: Mayflower]
2: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Mayflower : \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing
arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Mayflower |
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WaitressCecilia: @ENERGIZERTHADJ wth has been going on w/you this week bro? & I found the book: Before the Mayflower. Excellent read |
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mikewlchin: http://twitpic.com/t06os - One2Two: Peter's Pork Noodles @ Mayflower Moneycorner, Brickfields, opposite of KL Sentral. Closed on alternate M |
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NDMiko: @Syrana That was regarding genealogy. Turns out I had a relative on the Mayflower and was related to Stonewall Jackson. |
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