Mayflower (Noun)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Trailing Arbutus
• Epigaea Repens

Hypernyms

• Shrub

Meaning ²

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

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

• The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, on September 6, 1620, bound for the New World.
• The Mayflower Compact, signed by the Pilgrims on board the ship, established a framework for governing their new colony.
• After a grueling 66-day journey, the Mayflower finally dropped anchor in Cape Cod Bay.
• The Mayflower was a small ship, only about 110 feet long, but it carried over 130 passengers and crew.
• In 1920, a replica of the Mayflower was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims' voyage.