mayflower
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn and the trailing…Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).
» They named the ship the Mayflower.
Sie nannten das Schiff "Mayflower".
Они назвали судно "Мэйфлауэр".
Meaning
1 sensesAny of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).
ма́йский цвето́кmájskij cvetók
- the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
- low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
Examples
5 sentencesThey named the ship the Mayflower.
ruОни назвали судно "Мэйфлауэр". — odexed
deSie nannten das Schiff "Mayflower". — Zaghawa
Tom and Mary were on board the Mayflower.
We made wreaths of the Mayflowers and put them on our hats.
I'm so sorry for people who live in lands where there are no Mayflowers.
deMenschen, die in Ländern ohne Butterblumen leben, tun mir ja so leid! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Puritanism brought over with it in the Mayflower the anti-Christmas feeling to New England.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From May + flower.From May + flower.
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Forms
plural: mayflowers| Singular | mayflower |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers:trailing arbutusEpigaea repens