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May•flow•er

Pronunciation: (mā'flou"ur), [key]
—n.
1. (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
2. (l.c.) any of various plants that blossom in May, as the hepatica or anemone in the U.S., and the hawthorn or cowslip in England.
3. (l.c.) the trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens: the state flower of Massachusetts.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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