"mayflower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mayflowers [plural]
Etymology: May + flower Etymology templates: {{compound|en|May|flower}} May + flower Head templates: {{en-noun}} mayflower (plural mayflowers)
  1. Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US). Wikipedia link: mayflower (disambiguation) Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Heather family plants, Pome fruits Synonyms: mayweed Translations (plant that flowers in May — see also hawthorn, trailing arbutus): 五月花 (wǔ yuè huā) (Chinese Mandarin), toukokuussa kukkiva kukka (Finnish), mægþe (Old English), ма́йский цвето́к (májskij cvetók) [masculine] (Russian), espino [masculine] (Spanish), majuelo [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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