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Hawthorn vs. Mayflower

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Hawthornnoun

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

Mayflowernoun

Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).

Hawthornnoun

A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed.

β€˜Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shadeTo shepherds?’;

Mayflowernoun

In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.

Hawthornnoun

a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

Mayflowernoun

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

Mayflowernoun

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

Mayflower

Mayflower was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached America, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.

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