false lily of the valley

1. 1.

   small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan

   SynonymsMaianthemum bifolium

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Part ofMaianthemum
2. 2.

   small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers

   SynonymsMaianthemum canadense

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Part ofMaianthemum

Questions about false lily of the valley

What does false lily of the valley mean?

false lily of the valley means "small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for false lily of the valley?

Close synonyms include Maianthemum bifolium, Maianthemum canadense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is false lily of the valley a common word?

false lily of the valley is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.