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LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lily-of-the-valley tree mean? 

LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY TREE (noun)
  The noun LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY TREE has 1 sense:

1. broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

andromeda; Japanese andromeda; lily-of-the-valley tree; Pieris japonica

Hypernyms ("lily-of-the-valley tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("lily-of-the-valley tree" is a member of...):

genus Pieris; Pieris (decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines)


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