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May lily   /meɪ lˈɪli/   Listen
May lily

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.  Synonyms: Convallaria majalis, lily of the valley.






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"May lily" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rollington in the carriage, Joyce and Betty and I on the back seat, and Lloyd in front with the coachman. And Mrs. Crisp cut down nearly a whole bushful of bridal wreath to decorate Eugenia's room with. When we got back May Lily had just finished putting up fresh curtains in the room, almost as fine and thin as frost-work. The furniture is all white, and the walls a soft, cool green, and the rugs like that dark velvety moss that grows in the deepest woods. When we had finished filling ...
— The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor • Annie Fellows Johnston



Words linked to "May lily" :   liliaceous plant, genus Convallaria, Convallaria



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