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STARFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does starflower mean? 

STARFLOWER (noun)
  The noun STARFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: STARFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STARFLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ornithogalum umbellatum; sleepy dick; starflower; summer snowflake

Hypernyms ("starflower" is a kind of...):

star-of-Bethlehem (any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers)


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