Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.
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Examples for "mayflower"
Examples for "mayflower"
1Like the mayflower, they love the woods, and will not be naturalized in the garden.
2Thanksgiving originated with the pilgrims who came from England in the Mayflower.
3The people on board the Mayflower were glad of the pleasant day.
4An account of Mayflower days and the founding of the Plymouth colony.
5The original Mayflower ship transported 102 British settlers from England to America.
1The best things I have done are trailing arbutus and apple-blossoms.
2She lifted a small cluster of trailing arbutus and gave it to David.
3We don't want to exterminate the trailing arbutus in Crow Hill.
4The May flower, or trailing arbutus, has been aptly styled our national flower.
5Betty came over; she knew some nooks where the trailing arbutus grew and bloomed.
1"Variations in Epigaea repens" 'Proc.