mayflower

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('flou'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. Any of various plants that bloom in May.
  2. See trailing arbutus.

mayflower, in botany, name for several spring-blooming plants. In England the hawthorn is called mayflower, or may; in North America the name is used for the trailing arbutus, the hepatica, and an herb (Maianthemum canadense) of the family Liliaceae (lily family). The latter, a common wildflower of northern forests, bears a cluster of small white blossoms and has many local names, e.g., Canada mayflower and false lily-of-the-valley. It is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.


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Mayflower may refer to:

Plants

Ships

Rail Transport

  • LNER Thompson Class B1 61306. A preserved steam locomotive named Mayflower.
  • Mayflower (train), a named passenger train operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

Places

Ghana
  • Mayflower Preparatory School, Primary and Junior High School in Baatsona, Accra
United Kingdom
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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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