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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 berries
Familiarity information: MAY LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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