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Ornithogalum

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Noun1.Ornithogalum - sometimes placed in family HyacinthaceaeOrnithogalum - sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
genus Ornithogalum
liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
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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Look out for Acidanthera, Canna, Anemone, Crinum, Galtonia, Gladioli, Ixia, Iris, Nerine, Ornithogalum, Triteleia, Tigridia, Sparaxis, Schizostylis and of course Liliums.
Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Perfect orange, starry to cup-shaped flowers are born from Ornithogalum dubium.
A symphony of colours.. by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Potent growth inhibitory activity of a novel Ornithogalum cholestane glycoside on human cells: induction of apoptosis in promyelocytic lcukemia HL-60 cells.
Induction of apoptosis by carbazole alkaloids isolated from Murraya ... by Ito, C.; Itoigawa, M.; Nakao, K.; Murata, T.; Tsuboi, M.; Kaneda, N.; Furukawa, H. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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