mayflower

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The name mayflower was familiar in England, as the application of it to the historic vessel shows, but it was applied by the English, and still is, to the hawthorn.

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  1. noun Any of various plants that bloom in May.
  2. noun See trailing arbutus.

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  • Chief Executive boston mayflower. finance, financial, wilmington, de, fin20021. —  The Guardian World News
  • Mayflower Transit (mayflower. com), founded in 1927, is one of the nation's oldest and largest moving companies and transports household goods, electronic equipment, trade show exhibits and displays, works of art, and specialized freight utilizing a network of 700 affiliated agents throughout the United States and around the world. —  Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution
  • Various / sky jewels - mayflower (rfr015) www. rumpfunk-records.de —  MinimalNet
  • That's very coincidental that Obama's great, great, great grandfather is from the same county. and on easter he will be related to peter rabbit and on halloween he will be related to the great pumpkin and on thanksgiving day he will be able to say that he has relatives that came over on the mayflower and on christmas day he can say that he is related to Jesus … … —  CNN Political Ticker
  • Also, with some of your quotes (the mayflower compact especially), that reffered to the founding of Massachussetes, which was theocratic until they were required, by the Constitution, to secularize the government. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
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