false Solomon's-seal

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Smilacina, of the lily family, having long, arching clusters of greenish-white flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of false Solomon's-seal¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The false Solomon’s-seal in proud assemblies wears with an oddly holiday air its freckled coral beads, always a lure to the errant cow; and jack-in-the-pulpit, having been invested with some churchly rank which demands the red robe, is ready to cast off his cassock of lustrous striped green for one of scarlet.

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