mayflower†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the trailing arbutus or ground laurel, Epigaea repens, of eastern Canada and the U.S., the floral emblem of Nova Scotia.

Quotations

1792

I send you May flower seeds.

1830

Our contemporaries have spoken of . . . Mayflowers in full bloom. . . .

1964

We celebrated by going into the woods . . . to pick arbutus, or mayflower, the flower of Nova Scotia.