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In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.

ng in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.

re attributed. -- May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary. -- May fly (Zoöl.), any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. -- May game, any May-day spor…

, a name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in