† convallyadj.
Obsolete.
In lily convally, also lillie convaile, convall lily, adapted forms of Latin Lilium Convallium lily of the valleys (Vulgate, Cantic. ii. 1), used by the herbalists.
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great park lily1538
May lily1548
lily of the valley1563
wood lily1563
liriconfancy1567
May blossoms1578
lily convally1597
valley-lily1597
wood-lily1597
lily-bell1729
vale-lily1823
lily cup1826
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1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 679 Woodlillie, or Lillie conuaile.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 331 The Conuall Lillie, or Lillie of the Vally.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 175 With water of peonie, of lillyes conually, or of flowers of the linden tree.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden xii It is called in English, Lilly of the Vally, or the Convall Lilly.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden lxiii White flowers, smelling as sweet as those of Lilly Convally.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum 328.
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