starflower

IPA: stˈɑrfɫaʊɝ

noun

  • Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
  • Calytrix, a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae).
  • Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).
  • Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae).
  • Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae).
  • Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae).
  • Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including:
  • Ornithogalum arabicum (star-of-Bethlehem)
  • Ornithogalum dubium (sun star or orange star)
  • Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
  • Ornithogalum nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
  • Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus,spiked star-of-Bethlehem).
  • Ornithogalum umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem).
  • Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae))
  • Trientalis borealis, northern starflower
  • Trientalis europaea, European starflower or Arctic starflower
  • Trientalis latifolia, Pacific starflower.
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Examples of "starflower" in Sentences

  • The new logos didn't feature the starflower.
  • Lupine and starflower flowed in ribbons across our path.
  • Yllin paused a moment by a starflower bush to let us catch up.
  • The bright spring day shone reassuringly on columbine and starflower.
  • If you have any starflower or soldier's friend, they are good for such injuries.
  • In the woods, the starflower is blooming and the flower known colloquially as Canadian lily of the valley or wild lily of the valley.
  • The parade of little bulbs includes crocus, winter aconite, dwarf iris (Iris reticulata), puschkinia (Pushkinia libanotica), checkered lilies (Fritillaria meleagris), spring starflower (Ipheion uniflorum), species tulips and grape hyacinth.

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