Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see {Arbutus}); also, the blossom of these plants.
Mayflower n 1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 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}]