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WILD LILY OF THE VALLEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
Synonyms:
Pyrola elliptica; shinleaf; wild lily of the valley
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild lily of the valley" is a kind of...):
pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds
Synonyms:
Pyrola rotundifolia; wild lily of the valley
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("wild lily of the valley" is a kind of...):
pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)