Definition of mayflower Mayflower
/mejˈflawˌɚ/ - [meyflawer] - May•flow•er
We found 6 definitions of mayflower from 5 different sources.
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What does mayflower mean?
WordNet
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| mayflower - the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 | ||
| mayflower - low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | ||
| trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mayflower (n.)
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
Wikipedia 
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The "Mayflower" was a ship. It is most famous on its maiden voyage (first voyage) when pilgrims and other settlers travelled on it to the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. The "Mayflower" set sail from England in July of 1620, but had to turn around twice because "Speedwell", the ship it was traveling with, was leaking. It left on September 6 of the same year, leaving the "Speedwell" behind. The ship carried 102 men, women and children, who lived in the dark, damp, cold cargo decks below the crew's quarters. Many of them died on the voyage.
After over two months at sea, the English colonists arrived at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. A few weeks later, they sailed up the coast to Plymouth, and started to build their town where a group of Wampanoag people had lived before (a sickness had killed most of them). They lived on the ship for a few more months, rowing to shore to build houses in the day, and returning to the ship at night. Many people began to get very sick from the cold and the wet. About half the people on the "Mayflower" died that first winter from common illnesses such as colds, coughs and fevers. In March of 1621, there were enough houses for everyone to live on land. The "Mayflower" set sail back to England on April 5, 1621.
In 1623, a year after Christopher Jones's death, the "Mayflower" was probably dismantled (taken apart) for firewood in England.
Part of speech
🔤- mayflower, noun, singular of mayflowers.
