WILD LILY OF THE VALLEY

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

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

1. evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds

2. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILD LILY OF THE VALLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pyrola rotundifolia; wild lily of the valley

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

pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pyrola elliptica; shinleaf; wild lily of the valley

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

pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)