mayflower

IPA: mˈeɪfɫaʊɝ

Root Word: Mayflower

A historical ship that transported the Pilgrims to America in the year 1620.
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).

Examples of "mayflower" in Sentences

Chucky, they the ones that came over on the mayflower?
Shadbush/Juneberry blooming, Canada mayflower leaves up but no flowers yet.
They skimmed across the ice for a series of drills, shooting and skating in patterns as intricate as a mayflower pole weaving.
Five Fun Facts About May 7 History holiday season, macy's day parade, mayflower, pilgrim, pilgrims, plymouth rock, thanksgiving
Don't laugh this is serious stuff to me. being scottish-my family actually arriving to the americas with the mayflower-no bull Ahem.
More rhodora blooming in the wetlands, Canada mayflower actually flowering in May, even if not in Canada, some trout lily and trilliums.
The name mayflower was familiar in England, as the application of it to the historic vessel shows, but it was applied by the English, and still is, to the hawthorn.