maybloom

English

Alternative forms

may-bloom

Etymology

From May +‎ bloom.

Noun

maybloom (plural mayblooms)

  1. (archaic, poetic) The hawthorn.
    • 1861 July 28, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Bertha in the Lane (poem):
      When we all went gathering/Boughs of May-bloom for the bees.

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