MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maianthemum canadense mean? 

• MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE (noun)
  The noun MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false lily of the valley; Maianthemum canadense

Hypernyms ("Maianthemum canadense" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Maianthemum canadense" is a member of...):

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