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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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