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MAY LILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does May lily mean? 

MAY LILY (noun)
  The noun MAY LILY has 1 sense:

1. low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berriesplay

  Familiarity information: MAY LILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAY LILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Convallaria majalis; lily of the valley; May lily

Hypernyms ("May lily" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("May lily" is a member of...):

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


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