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Synonyms for mayflower

  • noun

Most common

ground laurel hawthorn marsh marigold trailing arbutus cowslip mayweed

All synonyms

Noun

hawthorn, ground laurel, trailing arbutus, marsh marigold, cowslip, mayweed

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).

Forms

Plural
mayflowers → hawthorns, cowslips, mayweeds…

Example sentences

  • hawthorn The hawthorn bush was growing rapidly.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mayflowersteady
hawthornrising
cowslipsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
cowslip2, mayweed
8 letters
hawthorn2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cowslip2 = 2 syllables).