starflower
Meanings
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).
Word forms
Etymology
From star + flower.
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