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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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PRONUNCIATION:  m
NOUN: Chiefly British The blossoms of the hawthorn.
ETYMOLOGY:French mai, hawthorn, from Mai, May (so called because it blooms in May). See May.
 
 
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