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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Arbutus  \Ar"bu*tus\,  Arbute  \Ar"bute\,  n.  [L.  arbutus,  akin  to 
  arbor  tree.] 
  The  strawberry  tree,  a  genus  of  evergreen  shrubs,  of  the 
  Heath  family.  It  has  a  berry  externally  resembling  the 
  strawberry;  the  arbute  tree. 
 
  {Trailing  arbutus}  (Bot.),  a  creeping  or  trailing  plant  of 
  the  Heath  family  ({Epig[ae]a  repens}),  having  white  or 
  usually  rose-colored  flowers  with  a  delicate  fragrance, 
  growing  in  small  axillary  clusters,  and  appearing  early  in 
  the  spring;  in  New  England  known  as  {mayflower};  --  called 
  also  {ground  laurel}.  --Gray. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mayflower  \May"flow`er\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  In  England,  the  hawthorn;  in  New  England,  the  trailing 
  arbutus  (see  {Arbutus});  also  the  blossom  of  these  plants. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mayflower 
  n  1:  the  ship  in  which  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  sailed  from  England  to 
  Massachusetts  in  1620  [syn:  {Mayflower}] 
  2:  low-growing  evergreen  shrub  of  eastern  North  America  with 
  leathery  leaves  and  clusters  of  fragrant  pink  or  white 
  flowers  [syn:  {trailing  arbutus},  {Epigaea  repens}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Mayflower,  AR  (city,  FIPS  44750) 
  Location:  34.97181  N,  92.41902  W 
  Population  (1990):  1415  (708  housing  units) 
  Area:  7.6  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  72106




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