Italian may(Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiræa (S. hypericifolia) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches.May apple(Bot.), the fruit of an American plant Also, the plant itself which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.May beetle, May bug(Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June beetle.May Day, the first day of May; — celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. May flower(Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary. May fly(Zoöl.), any species of Ephemera, and allied genera; — so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.May game, any May-day sport.May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.May lily(Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary.May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day.May thorn, the hawthorn.

3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; — so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

The palm and may make country houses gay.
Nash.

Plumes that mocked the may.
Tennyson.

4. The merrymaking of May Day. Tennyson.


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