Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, of the natural order Liliaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot. & Med.) The lily of the valley.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any member of the
genus Convallaria ; alily of the valley .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley
Etymologies
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Examples
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The little flower, convallaria majalis, has a modest appearance, reminiscent of bluebells that lost their colour.
Archive 2008-05-01 Ayala Sender 2008
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The little flower, convallaria majalis, has a modest appearance, reminiscent of bluebells that lost their colour.
Happy First of May! Ayala Sender 2008
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I was observing with some pertinacity _Vorticella convallaria_; for one of the calices in a group under observation was in a strange and semi-encysted state, while the remainder were in full normal activity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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Society, with no attempt at inference; but two years after I was able to explain the mystery, for, finding in the same pond both _V. convallaria_ and _A. anser_, I carefully watched their movements, and saw the _Amphileptus_ seize and struggle with a calyx of
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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The tufted convallaria bifolia, or bead-ruby, is one of our most common wood plants, very much like that of Europe, although the flowerets are larger.
Rural Hours 1887
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This is my lone convallaria and it is surrounded by lots of poison ivy.
Fibermania 2009
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This is my lone convallaria and it is surrounded by lots of poison ivy.
Fibermania 2009
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_convallaria_, and absolutely become encysted upon it, with the results that I had reported two years before.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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It’s important to note that although bearing the same name, the lily of the valley (convallaria majalis) is certainly not the flower mentioned in the bible in Canticles (Song of Songs).
Happy First of May! Ayala Sender 2008
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It’s important to note that although bearing the same name, the lily of the valley (convallaria majalis) is certainly not the flower mentioned in the bible in Canticles (Song of Songs).
Archive 2008-05-01 Ayala Sender 2008
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