wild lily of the valley

1. 1.

   evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds

   SynonymsPyrola rotundifolia

   Broaderwintergreen
2. 2.

   North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters

   SynonymsshinleafPyrola elliptica

   Broaderwintergreen

Questions about wild lily of the valley

What does wild lily of the valley mean?

wild lily of the valley means "evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wild lily of the valley?

Close synonyms include Pyrola rotundifolia, shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica. 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 wild lily of the valley a common word?

wild 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.