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LILY OF THE VALLEY

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• LILY OF THE VALLEY (noun)
The noun LILY OF THE VALLEY has 1 sense:

1. low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries

Familiarity information: LILY OF THE VALLEY used as a noun is very rare.

• LILY OF THE VALLEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Convallaria majalis; lily of the valley; May lily

Hypernyms ("lily of the valley" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Holonyms ("lily of the valley" is a member of...):

Convallaria; genus Convallaria (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley)

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