mayflower
noun C2- Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).
Plural mayflowers
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Silas Sloane’s place, the Mayflowers blossomed out, pink and white stars of sweetness under their brown leaves.
“I’m so sorry for people who live in lands where there are no Mayflowers,” said Anne.
“Diana says perhaps they have something better, but there couldn’t be anything better than Mayflowers, could there, Marilla?
I think it would be _tragic_, Marilla, not to know what Mayflowers are like and _not_ to miss them.
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