Meaning

15 senses
  1. Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).

  2. Calytrix, a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae).

  3. Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).

  4. Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae).

  5. Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae).

  6. Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae).

  7. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including:

    Ornithogalum arabicum (star-of-Bethlehem)

  8. Ornithogalum dubium (sun star or orange star)

  9. Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)

  10. Ornithogalum nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)

  11. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus, spiked star-of-Bethlehem).

  12. Ornithogalum umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem).

More definitions
  • common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

Origin

From star + flower.

From star + flower.

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Forms

plural: starflowers
Singularstarflower
Pluralstarflowers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States:summer snowflakeOrnithogalum umbellatum

See also

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