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Mayflower   /mˈeɪflˌaʊər/   Listen
Mayflower

noun
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.  Synonyms: Epigaea repens, trailing arbutus.





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"Mayflower" Quotes from Famous Books



... our own Mayflower Compact, into the Declaration of Independence, into the Constitution of the United States, ...
— U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses • Various
... a mystery here too deep for us in this gross world to wholly understand; but can we not search after knowledge? Would we not like to grasp an enjoyment less merely of the senses from the geranium's balm and the mayflower's spice? ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... enough south so that in peach production we often have winters so warm that the trees don't wake up. This question of rest period is quite important with us. We have a warm winter, and the Mayflower peach just keeps on sleeping. Eventually bloom will break, and a little peach will sit up there waiting for the leaf to come out. There is apparently a rest period with the Chinese chestnut there also. The time of breaking of the rest period in my seedling ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting • Various
... was a Puritan soldier, who came to New England in the Mayflower in 1620. He was born in Lancashire, England, about 1584, and served as a soldier in the Netherlands. He was chosen captain of the New Plymouth settlers, though not a member of the church. In stature he was small, possessed great energy, activity and courage, and ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 • Various
... have misunderstood you. You seemed to place so much emphasis on their having come over in the Mayflower. They were grand—those brave old pioneers. I am proud of them too for what they were. And did they have social positions by which they fixed a man's place ...
— The Winning of Barbara Worth • Harold B Wright


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