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  • noun A species of flower-bearing hawthorn with edible berries, taxonomic name Crataegus monogyna.

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Examples

  • A year later they had stood once more under that hawthorn tree, and again he had shaken the mayblossom down on her, but this time he had laughed.

    The Judge Rebecca West 1937

  • As white as mayblossom she was, and beauty went forth from her like fragrance from the shaken bough.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

  • As white as mayblossom she was, and beauty went forth from her like fragrance from the shaken bough.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • As white as mayblossom she was, and beauty went forth from her like fragrance from the shaken bough.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Eleanor Farjeon 1923

  • They never smells the vi'lets nor the mayblossom -- they on'y gits their own petrol stench wi 'the flavour o' the dust mixed in.

    The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889

  • As he moved almost on tip-toe through Mary's garden, now all fragrant with golden wall-flowers, lilac, and mayblossom, he paused a moment, -- looking up at the picturesque gabled eaves and latticed windows.

    The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889

  • They might have found out if the mayblossom-scented breeze hadn’t carried to their ears the rattle of wooden wheels on cobblestone.

    One Night Of Scandal Medeiros, Teresa, 1962- 2003

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