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mayflower † 

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

  • 1792  (1911)  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.