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  • n  the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
  • n  low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
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  • John McCain in MiamiHerald.com
    We believe everyone has something to contribute and deserves the opportunity to reach their God-given potential from the boy whose descendants arrived on the Mayflower to the Latina daughter of migrant workers,McCain said in his acceptance...
  • Nathaniel Philbrick in USA Today
    They are THE PILGRIMS,Philbrick wrote. "They have an easily identifiable monument: Plymouth Rock (even if it is one of the biggest letdowns in American tourism). They have a ship: the Mayflower."
  • Bob Young in PR Web (press release)
    Among its greatest legislative achievements was the enactment of the:GI Bill of Rights. The initial draft of the GI Bill was written by Legionnaires at the Mayflower Hotel here in Washington, DC. Many consider the GI Bill as one of the greatest... Olympia Snowe http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_Snowe&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFzWx451oIJqm4TzQkV268mNshcNQ Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS164542%2B11-Sep-2009%2BBW20090911&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH5sw6GR-H9m8B5cDQjH8E_XaAWhA Sep 11, 2009 62111 82846 mayfly The blockbuster novel is heading the way of the mayfly," says Bob Young, CEO of Lulu.com, referring to the famously short-lived insect.

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