Mayflower,

5 definitions found

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

  Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
     In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing
     arbutus (see {Arbutus}); also, the blossom of these plants.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
     arbor tree.]
     The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
     Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
     strawberry; the arbute tree.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
        the Heath family ({Epig[ae]a repens}), having white or
        usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
        growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
        the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called
        also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mayflower
       n 1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to
            Massachusetts in 1620
       2: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
          leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
          flowers [syn: {trailing arbutus}, {Epigaea repens}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Mayflower, AR (city, FIPS 44750)
    Location: 34.97181 N, 92.41902 W
    Population (1990): 1415 (708 housing units)
    Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72106

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Mayflower, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    1631
     Housing Units (2000): 872
     Land area (2000):     2.929154 sq. miles (7.586474 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.046602 sq. miles (0.120698 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.975756 sq. miles (7.707172 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            44750
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             34.968118 N, 92.419603 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     72106
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Mayflower, AR
      Mayflower