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mayflower 音标拼音: [m'efl ,ɑʊɚ] n. 五月开花的草木 五月开花的草木 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 [ synonym: { trailing arbutus}, { mayflower}, { Epigaea repens}] 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]
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]
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