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false_lily_of_the_valley
false lily of the valley
English
Noun
false lily of the valley (countable and uncountable, plural false lilies of the valley)
- Any of several species of Maianthemum:
- Maianthemum bifolium, the May lily, native from western Europe east to Siberia, China, and Japan
- Maianthemum canadense, the Canadian May-lily, Canada Mayflower, Canadian Lily-of-the-valley, wild Lily-of-the-valley, two-leaved Solomonseal, native to the sub-boreal conifer forests in Canada and the northern United States
- Maianthemum dilatatum, the snakeberry and two-leaved Solomon's seal, native to western North America and Asia across the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea
- Maianthemum racemosum, the feathery false lily of the valley, treacleberry, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume, false spikenard