Definition of May lily

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Convallaria Majalis, Lily Of The Valley
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Convallaria, Genus Convallaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of May Lily

May 1
May 24
May 35th
May Day
May Day sweep
May Day sweeps
May Days
May Queen
May apple
May apple root
May apples
May beetle
May blob
May blossom
May bug
May lily (current term)
May queen
May wine
May wines
Maya
Maya Lin
Mayaca
Mayacaceae
Mayaguez
Mayakovski
Mayan
Mayan language
Mayan pyramid
Mayan pyramids
Mayanist

Literary usage of May lily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"The first is a native of Britain and many other parts of Europe. It flowers in May : whence it has been named by some the May lily. ..."

2. The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc (1823)
"It flowers in May : whence it has been named by some the May lily. Gourde calls it Con- vail Lily, and says that in some placet itii called ..."

3. The English Physician; Enlarged with Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Medicines by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)
"... or May-lily, with an eye of bluish upon the green, with some ribs therein, and more yellowish underneath. At the foot of every leaf, almost from the ..."

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