wild lily of the valley

wild lily of the valley
noun
1. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
• Syn: ↑shinleaf, ↑Pyrola elliptica
• Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola
2. evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds
• Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola

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3. : either of two wintergreens of the genus Pyrola:
a. : a plant (P. elliptica) with oblong leaves and white to pinkish flowers that is prob. native to Japan but widely distributed in No. America
b. : a plant (P. rotundifolia) with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy white flowers that is widely distributed in northerly parts of both Old and New Worlds; especially : false wintergreen

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a low-growing woodland plant, Maianthemum canadense, of the lily family, native to northeastern North America, having a cluster of small white flowers. Also called Canada mayflower, false lily of the valley.
[1820-30, Amer.]

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  • wild lily of the valley — a low growing woodland plant, Maianthemum canadense, of the lily family, native to northeastern North America, having a cluster of small white flowers. Also called Canada mayflower, false lily of the valley. [1820 30, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • Lily of the valley — Lily Lil y (l[i^]l [y^]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (l[i^]l [i^]z). [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei rion. Cf. {Flower de luce}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium}, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • false lily of the valley. — See wild lily of the valley. * * * …   Universalium

  • false lily of the valley. — See wild lily of the valley …   Useful english dictionary

  • wildlily of the valley — wild lily of the valley n. A perennial woodland herb (Maianthemum canadense) of North America, having a terminal cluster of small fragrant white flowers. * * * …   Universalium

  • Lily — Lil y (l[i^]l [y^]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (l[i^]l [i^]z). [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei rion. Cf. {Flower de luce}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium}, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lily beetle — Lily Lil y (l[i^]l [y^]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (l[i^]l [i^]z). [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei rion. Cf. {Flower de luce}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium}, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lily daffodil — Lily Lil y (l[i^]l [y^]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (l[i^]l [i^]z). [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei rion. Cf. {Flower de luce}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium}, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lily encrinite — Lily Lil y (l[i^]l [y^]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (l[i^]l [i^]z). [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei rion. Cf. {Flower de luce}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium}, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lily hyacinth — Lily Lil y (l[i^]l [y^]), n.; pl. {Lilies} (l[i^]l [i^]z). [AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei rion. Cf. {Flower de luce}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus {Lilium}, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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