MAY LILY

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Meaning:

Low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries

Synonyms:

Convallaria majalis; lily of the valley; May lily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("May lily" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("May lily" is a member of...):

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

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