false lily of the valley

English

Noun

false lily of the valley (countable and uncountable, plural false lilies of the valley)

1. Any of several species of Maianthemum:
   1. Maianthemum bifolium, May lily, native from western Europe east to Siberia, China, and Japan
   2. Maianthemum canadense, Canadian May-lily, Canada Mayflower, Canadian Lily-of-the-valley, wild Lily-of-the-valley, two-leaved Solomonseal, native to the sub-boreal conifer forests in Canada and the northern United States
   3. Maianthemum dilatatum, snakeberry, two-leaved Solomon's seal, native to western North America and Asia across the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea
   4. Maianthemum racemosum, feathery false lily of the valley, treacleberry, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume, false spikenard

Translations

Maianthemum bifolium, of Eurasia

• Finnish: oravanmarja (fi)