† convally Obs.
In lily convally, also lillie convaile, convall lily, adapted forms of L. Lilium Convallium lily of the valleys (Vulgate, Cantic. ii. 1), used by the herbalists.
| 1579 Langham Gard. Health (1633) 679 Woodlillie, or Lillie conuaile. 1597 Gerarde Herbal (1633) 331 The Conuall Lillie, or Lillie of the Vally. 1605 Timme Quersit. 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. Ibid. lxiii, White flowers, smelling as sweet as those of Lilly Convally. 1736 Bailey Househ. Dict. 328. |