| Noun | 1. false lily of the valley - small white-flowered plant of western Europe to JapanMaianthemum bifoliumliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Maianthemum, Maianthemum - sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley | | 2.false lily of the valley - small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowersMaianthemum canadenseliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Maianthemum, Maianthemum - sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley |