Hawthorn vs. Mayflower — What's the Difference?

Any of various usually thorny trees or shrubs of the genus Crataegus of the rose family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers and reddish fruits containing a few one-seeded nutlets.

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.

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

Any of various plants that bloom in May.

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.

See trailing arbutus.

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

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

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

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

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