may
English Thesaurus
1. thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | haw, hawthorn, |
| definition | : | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | crataegus, genus crataegus, |
| definition | : | thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple (noun.plant) |
2. the month following April and preceding June (noun.time)
| part holonym | : | first of may, may 1, may day, |
| definition | : | observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | mother's day, |
| definition | : | second Sunday in May (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | decoration day, memorial day, |
| definition | : | legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | mid-may, |
| definition | : | the middle part of May (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | gregorian calendar, new style calendar, |
| definition | : | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 (noun.time) |
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