the ship that took the Pilgrim Fathers to Plymouth, Massachusetts in the US in 1620. They were PuritanS, who left England because they wanted to start a new society where they would be free to practise their religion. In the US people sometimes say, either seriously or jokingly, that someone's family "came over on the Mayflower", when they mean that someone's family originally arrived in the US a very long time ago
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants
the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
(1620) Document signed by 41 male passengers on the Mayflower before landing at Plymouth (Massachusetts). Concerned that some members might leave to form their own colonies, William Bradford and others drafted the compact to bind the group into a political body and pledge members to abide by any laws that would be established. The document adapted a church covenant to a civil situation and was the basis of the colony's government