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FALSE LILY OF THE VALLEY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

false lily of the valley; Maianthemum canadense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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 white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan

Synonyms:

false lily of the valley; Maianthemum bifolium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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