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
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