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wild lily of the valley
  1. n. evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds [syn: Pyrola rotundifolia]

  2. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters [syn: shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica]

Usage examples of "wild lily of the valley".

One kind of African Daphne of the woods, which flowers with a small cream-coloured sticky blossom, had an overwhelming sweet perfume, like lilac, and wild lily of the valley.