Definition of Maybush

1. n. The hawthorn.

Definition of Maybush

1. Noun. The hawthorn. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Maybush

1. a flowering shrub [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Maybush

1. The hawthorn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maybush

may fish
may of
may the Force be with you
may well
mayapple
mayapples
mayas
maybe
maybes
maybird
maybirds
maybloom
mayblooms
mayblossom
mayblossoms
maybush (current term)
maybushes
mayday
maydays
mayed
mayeng
mayenite
mayest
mayfish
mayflies
mayflower
mayflowers
mayfly
mayhap
mayhappen

Literary usage of Maybush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Parkinson says we call it ' May or maybush because our ordinary sort ... Wr. maybush. See May. May Flower. On account of the season of their blooming. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"At maybush. MOT. maybush ! pshaw ! In what situation '. If or. Did ever man hear! I want to know what department you filled in her family i Don't you ..."

3. Recollections of the Life of John O'Keeffe by John O'Keeffe (1826)
"... neat Kathlene ' bawn; In Kent, my lovely Molly maybush,* The ... Molly maybush, in " The Farmer." » George Streamer, in " The Sprigs of Laurel. ..."

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