lily of the valley
Word forms: plural lilies of the valley, plural lily of the valley
variable noun
Lily of the valley are small plants with large leaves and small, white, bell-shaped flowers.
lily of the valley in British English
nounWord forms: plural lilies of the valley
a small liliaceous plant, Convallaria majalis, of Eurasia and North America cultivated as a garden plant, having two long oval leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers
lily of the valley in American English
Word forms: plural lilies of the valley
a perennial plant (Convallaria majalis) of the lily family, that grows in the shade and has a single pair of basal, oblong leaves and a single leafless raceme of very fragrant, small, white, bell-shaped flowers
Word origin
transl. of LL(Ec) lilium convallium in S. of Sol. 2:1 (Vulg)Image oflily of the valley
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Examples of 'lily of the valley' in a sentencelily of the valley
Word lists withlily of the valley
flowerIn other languageslily of the valley
British English: lily of the valley /ˈlɪlɪ əv ðə ˈvælɪ/ NOUN
Lily of the valley are small plants with large leaves and small, white, bell-shaped flowers.
- American English: lily of the valley
- Arabic: زِنْبَقُ الوَادِي
- Brazilian Portuguese: lírio-do-vale
- Chinese: 铃兰
- Croatian: đurđica
- Czech: konvalinka
- Danish: liljekonval
- Dutch: lelietje-van-dalen
- European Spanish: muguete
- Finnish: kielo
- French: muguet
- German: Maiglöckchen
- Greek: άνθεμις
- Italian: mughetto
- Japanese: ドイツスズラン
- Korean: 은방울꽃
- Norwegian: liljekonvall
- Polish: konwalia
- European Portuguese: lírio-do-vale
- Romanian: lăcrămioară
- Russian: ландыш
- Latin American Spanish: muguete
- Swedish: liljekonvalj
- Thai: ดอกไม้ชื่อลิลลี่ออฟเดอะแวลลี่ มีสีขาวมีกลิ่นหอม
- Turkish: inci çiçeği
- Ukrainian: конвалія
- Vietnamese: cây hoa lan chuông
Chinese translation of 'lily of the valley'
lily of the valley
n (c/u)
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铃(鈴)兰(蘭)
(línglán) (株, zhū)