FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false lily of the valley mean? 

• FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY (noun)
  The noun FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY has 2 senses:

1. small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan

2. small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false lily of the valley; Maianthemum bifolium

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false lily of the valley; Maianthemum canadense

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

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

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

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