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