Definition of Maianthemum

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Maianthemum

Mahometists
Mahometry
Mahonia aquifolium
Mahonia nervosa
Mahorais
Mahoran
Mahori
Mahound
Mahounds
Mahovos
Mahrati
Mahratta
Mahrattas
Mahratti
Maia
Maianthemum (current term)
Maianthemum bifolium
Maianthemum canadense
Maiden's Tower
Maidenhead
Maidens
Maidstone
Maidstonian
Maidu
Maiduguri
Maier
Maileresque
Mailerian
Maillard reaction

Literary usage of Maianthemum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"... and Maianthemum, genera closely related to Convallaria. So far as concerned Polygo- natum and Maianthemum, ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... also on Polygonatum and Maianthemum, genera closely related to Convallaria. So far as concerned Polygonatum and Maianthemum, ..."

3. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... multiflorum and Maianthemum Convallaria, P. Paridis on Paris quadrifolia, are in many regions strictly confined to their usual hosts; in other regions, ..."

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