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starflower

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star·flow·er  (stärflour)
n.
1. Any of several small plants of the genus Trientalis, especially T. borealis, of northeast North America, having white starlike flowers.
2. Any of several plants having starlike flowers.
starflower [ˈstɑːˌflaʊə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several plants with starlike flowers, esp the star-of-Bethlehem
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Noun1.starflowerstarflower - common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, summer snowflake
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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That bridge led Anne's dancing feet up over a wooded hill beyond, where perpetual twilight reigned under the straight, thick-growing firs and spruces; the only flowers there were myriads of delicate "June bells," those shyest and sweetest of woodland blooms, and a few pale, aerial starflowers, like the spirits of last year's blossoms.
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