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ˈstar-flower
1. A name given to a number of plants with bright stellate flowers, as Ornithogalum umbellatum and other species, (in U.S.) Trientalis americana, etc. Also as a book-name for Stellaria and Aster.
1629Parkinson Paradisus 134 The kindes of Starre-flowers, or Starres of Bethlehem, as they are called. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. May (1679) 17 Stock-gilly-flowers, Spanish Nut, Star-flower [etc.]. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 236 Star-Flowers are of several sorts, as the Star-Flower of Arabia, the great white Star-Flower of Bethlehem [etc]. c1711Petiver Gazophyl. ix. lxxxv, Blush Cape Star-flower. 1771J. R. Forster Flora Amer. Septentr. 15 Hypoxis erecta. Bastard star-flower, upright. Virginia. 1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 185 The star-flower, (Aster). 1856A. Gray Man. Bot. 272 Trientalis Americana..Star-flower. 1890Sarum Dioc. Gaz. Jan. 6/1 ‘Star-flower’ prettily describes the golden spangles of the Tormentil.
†2. Zool.
a1776J. Ellis Zoophytes (1786) 3 Actinia gemmacea. Studded Sea Star-flower. Ibid. 6 Actinia Aster. Sea Star-flower with a smooth stem. |