May

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 27

(ma). The name of the fifth month. Also, a descriptive term applied to many flowers that mature in that month. M. -apple. See Podophyllum . M. -epidemic, a synonym in Europe for Croupous Pneumonia. M. -flower. See Trailing Arbutus . M.-weed. See Manila.