MAYFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mayflower mean? 

• MAYFLOWER (noun)
  The noun MAYFLOWER has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: MAYFLOWER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAYFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Epigaea repens; mayflower; trailing arbutus

Hypernyms ("mayflower" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)