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May, monthMay: see month month, in chronology, the conventional period of a lunation, i.e., passage of the moon through all its phases. It is usually computed at approximately 29 or 30 days...... Click the link for more information. . may, in botanymay, name for several plants; in England, particularly the hawthorn hawthorn, any species of the genus Crataegus of the family Rosaceae ( rose family), shrubs and trees widely distributed in north temperate climates and especially common in E North America...... Click the link for more information. . See also mayflower mayflower, in botany, name for several spring-blooming plants. In England the hawthorn is called mayflower, or may; in North America the name is used for the trailing arbutus , the hepatica , and an herb (Maianthemum canadense ..... Click the link for more information. . May Sir Robert McCredie. born 1936, Australian biologist and ecologist How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted. "Well, it may be a joke; and yet the professor seems very much in earnest about it," replied Tom. I may as well ride over this morning and make arrangements. |
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