Mayflower

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}]
    

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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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, 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
    

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
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