mayflower

1. Any of various plants that bloom in May.
2. See trailing arbutus.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
  Synonyms: trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens

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Mayflower may refer to:

Plants

• Crataegus (hawthorn)
• Hepatica
• Epigaea repens (trailing arbutus)
• Maianthemum canadense

Ships

• Mayflower, the ship used by the Pilgrims to sail to North America
• Another Mayflower, which sailed with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630
• USS Mayflower – any of three ships: screw tug, presidential yacht, lighthouse tender
• HMCS Mayflower (K191), a World War II corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy
• Mayflower (yacht), a 1886 America's Cup yacht

Places

United Kingdom

• Mayflower High School, in Billericay, Essex, England
• Mayflower Line, the railway line from Manningtree to Harwich in Essex, England
• Mayflower Theatre, in Southampton, England

United States

• Mayflower, Arkansas, town in the United States
• Mayflower, California
  • Mayflower, Imperial County, California
  • Mayflower, Placer County, California
  • Mayflower Village, California
• Mayflower Hotel, in Washington, D.C.

Other uses

• Mayflower Transit, a moving company
• Majblomma, (May Flower), traditional Swedish charity pin
• Mayflower search engine for Wikimedia Commons
• Mayflower (comics), a fictional superhero in the DC Universe
• Triumph Mayflower, a British car

See also

• More namesakes of the Mayflower ship

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - [bot.] arbutus, skib, der førte pilgrimme fra England til New England

Nederlands (Dutch)
bloem die in mei uitkomt

Français (French)
n. - plantes qui fleurissent en mai, (US, Hist) bateau des " Pilgrim Fathers "

Deutsch (German)
n. - im Mai blühende Pflanze, Weißdorn, Sumpfdotterblume, Kriechende Heide

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) μουμουντζελιά

Italiano (Italian)
biancospino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - primavera (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
цветок, распускающийся в мае, судно, на котором прибыли в Америку первые переселенцы

Español (Spanish)
n. - espino, flor del estado de Massachussets, flores de mayo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vårblomma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
五月花

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 五月花

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 나무의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 5月に咲く花

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زهرة أيار, زهرة الربيع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זיוונית, פרח מאי, האנייה בה הגיעו אבות המהגרים לאמריקה (0261)‬

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