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mayflower


Definition: Meaning of, mayflower in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmeɪflaʊə /

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mayflower mayflowers
  1. low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
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    trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens
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Mayflower


Definition: Meaning of, Mayflower in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmeɪˌflaʊə /

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Mayflower mayflowers
  1. the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
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Mayflower used in phrases

  • Mayflower, the
    1. the ship that took the PILGRIM FATHERS to Plymouth, Massachusetts in the US in 1620. They were PURITAN S, who left England because they wanted to start a new society where they would be free to practise their religion. In the US people sometimes say, either seriously or jokingly, that someone's family "came over on the Mayflower", when they mean that someone's family originally arrived in the US a very long time ago.
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Pronunciation: ˈfruːtwʊd
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