false lily of the valley

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

1. Any of several species of Maianthemum:
   1. Maianthemum bifolium, the May lily, native from western Europe east to Siberia, China, and Japan
   2. Maianthemum canadense, the 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, the snakeberry and two-leaved Solomon's seal, native to western North America and Asia across the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea
   4. Maianthemum racemosum, the feathery false lily of the valley, treacleberry, false Solomon's seal, Solomon's plume, false spikenard