mayflower
pronunciation
How to pronounce mayflower in British English:
UK ['meɪˌflaʊə]
How to pronounce mayflower in American English:
US ['meɪ'flaʊə]
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- Noun:
- low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
Word Origin
- mayflower (n.)
- by 1620s; from May + flower (n.). Used locally for the cowslip, the lady's smock, and other plants that bloom in May.
Example
- 1. Today more than 10 % of all americans can trace their ancestry back to the mayflower .
- 2. Most history books ignore this reality , however , and blame the starvation crisis of the pilgrims on corporate greed on the part of the mayflower company .
- 3. More than half a century before the mayflower set sail , french pilgrims had come to america in search of religious freedom .
- 4. When william bradford , leader of the mayflower expedition , figured this out he reorganized the massachusetts pilgrims in a regime of private property in land .
- 5. Lawrence m. glazer , managing partner at mayflower advisors in boston said he thinks that global stock markets are trying to look beyond greece .