mayflower Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
  2. noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
    trailing arbutus; Epigaea repens.

WordNet


May"flow`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.

Webster 1913