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Definition of False lily of the valley

1. Noun. Small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan.

2. Noun. Small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of False Lily Of The Valley

false harmonics false heather false hellebore false hermaphrodite false hypertrophy false image false imprisonment false indigo false joint false killer whale

false killer whales false knots false labor false labour false lily of the valley (current term) false lupine false macula false mallow false membrane false memory syndrome

false mildew false mistletoe false miterwort false mitrewort false modesty false mole false morel false name

Literary usage of False lily of the valley

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

1. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"Star flower (Fig. 101) is a low plant bearing a single, delicate, white blossom above a whorl of lance-shaped leaves. False lily-of-the-valley (Maian- FIG. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"It is sometimes called False Lily-of-the-Valley or Two- Leaved Solomon's Seal. Foliage dies in midsummer. Useful for early effects. ..."

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