wild lily of the valley
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wild lily of the valley
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Then at Poligny, the same afternoon, we gathered the first milkwort for that year; and on Tuesday, at St. Laurent, the wild lily of the valley; and on Wednesday, at Morez, gentians.
From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John
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