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mayflower
(encz) | mayflower,planika n: [bot.] druh rostliny Zdeněk Brož |
Mayflower
(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.
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mayflower
(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.
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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.
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mayflower
(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, mayflower, {Epigaea
repens}] |
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Mayflower
(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]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.
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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.
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