June

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from
     Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.]
     The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
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           And what is so rare as a day in June?


           Then, if ever, come perfect days.        --Lowell.
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     {June beetle}, {June bug} (Zool.), any one of several species
        of large brown beetles of the genus {Lachnosterna} and
        related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in
        the northern United States, about the first of June. The
        larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed
        upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also
        {May bug} or {May beetle}.
  
     {June grass} (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue
        grass. See {Blue glass}, and Illustration in Appendix.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  June
       n : the month following May and preceding July