Lily Of The Valley

Definition: Lily Of The Valley

Lily Of The Valley

Noun

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.

Domain	Definition
Literature	Lily of the Valley The Convallaria majalis (the May valley plant); one of the species is Solomon's seal. It is by no means the case that the Convallaria grow only in valleys, although they prefer shady places. This is not the lily (Matt. vi. 28) which is said to excel "Solomon in all his glory." The Lilium Candidum is the flower alluded to by our Lord; a tall majestic plant, common in Palestine, and known by us as the Garden Lily. It is bellshaped, with white petals and golden yellow stamens. Jahn (&Archaeologia; Biblica, p. 125) tells us that "at festivals the rich and powerful robed themselves in white cotton, which was considered the most splendid dress.' " Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Lily of the valley

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsidae
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Convallaria
Species:	*majalis*

Binomial name

Convallaria majalis

Lily of the valley is a flowering plant of the Convallaria genus. (synonyms: May lily, May bells, Our Lady's tears, Convall-lily, Lily Constancy, ladder-to-Heaven, Jacob's Ladder, male lily, muguet)

This richly fragrant groundcover, flowering in late spring with plump pendant bells on an arching raceme, is a widespread native in North America, Europe and temperate Asia. Found mainly in shadowed gardens in the northern hemisphere. A less robust, shell-pink flowering form is sometimes seen in gardens.
Leaves and flowers contain cardiac glycosides that have been used in medicine for centuries. In overdose preparations can be poisonous.

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Synonym: Lily Of The Valley

Synonym: lilies of the valley (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Beauty	Flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley,
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Lily Of The Valley

English words defined with "lily of the valley": Convallamarin, Convallaria, Convallarin ♦ genus Convallaria, genus Maianthemum ♦ Maianthemum, May lily ♦ Wood lily. (references)

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Movie/TV Titles

The Lily of the Valley (1914)

Lily of the Valley (1914)

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Books	The Lily of the Valley (reference) (more book examples)
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Expressions using "lily of the valley": false lily of the valley ♦ wild lily of the valley. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "lily of the valley"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lule shëngjergji, zambak lugjeve. (various references)

Bulgarian		момина сълза (may lily). (various references)

Czech		konvalinka. (various references)

Danish		liljekonval (lily-of-the-valley). (various references)

Dutch		lelietje-van-dalen (lily-of-the-valley). (various references)

Finnish		kielo (lily-of-the-valley). (various references)

French		muguet (lily-of-the-valley). (various references)

German		maiglöckchen. (various references)

Greek		άνθεμις. (various references)

Hungarian		gyöngyvirág, májusi gyöngyvirág. (various references)

Italian		mughetto (thrush). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		鈴蘭 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すずら�". (various references)

Manx		lilee y choan, lilee ny glionney (convallaria), blaa Boaldyn. (various references)

Pig Latin		ilylay ofay ethay alleyvay

Portuguese		lírio dos vales, jumquilho. (various references)

Romanian		lãcrãmioarã, mãrgãritãrel (aphthae). (various references)

Russian		ландыш (may lily, may-lily). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		đurđevak. (various references)

Spanish		lirio del valle, muguete (mayflower). (various references)

Swedish		liljekonvalj (lily-of-the-valley). (various references)

Turkish		inciçiçeği. (various references)
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Convallaria. (various references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
lily of the valley	500
lily of the valley flower	46
lily of the valley plant	31
lily of the valley perfume	13
pink lily of the valley	9
lily of the valley tree	7
lily of the valley bulb	6
lily of the valley planting	6
lily of the valley print	4
grow lily of the valley	4
lily of the valley fragrance	3
lily of the valley care	3
pink lily of the valley plant	3
lily of the valley soap	2
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Lily Of The Valley

Definition: Lily Of The Valley