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Definition of Blazing star
1. Noun. Biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Mentzelia, Mentzelia
2. Noun. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Liatris, Liatris
Specialized synonyms: Dotted Gayfeather, Liatris Punctata, Dense Blazing Star, Liatris Pycnostachya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blazing Star
Literary usage of Blazing star
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"A blazing star. About half past 9 o'clock last Friday night (August 2O, 1886)
the star Zeta in Cassiopea appeared to blaze up with unusual brilliancy. ..."
2. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1873)
"WILLIAM B. GREENE'S blazing star| seems to us to shine by a reflected light, ...
7he blazing star; with an Appendix treating of the Jewish Kabbala. ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1873)
"Routledge & Sons. f The blazing star; with an Appendix treating of the Jewish
Kabbala. Also a tract on the Philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer, and one on New ..."
4. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"They bear many pretty and odd names, such as " Rosy Walk," " Baltimore Beauty," "Orange
Peel," " blazing star." "Chariot Wheels and Church Windows. ..."
5. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"A blazing star. About half past 9 o'clock last Friday night (August 2O, 1886)
the star Zeta in Cassiopea appeared to blaze up with unusual brilliancy. ..."
6. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1873)
"WILLIAM B. GREENE'S blazing star| seems to us to shine by a reflected light, ...
7he blazing star; with an Appendix treating of the Jewish Kabbala. ..."
7. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1873)
"Routledge & Sons. f The blazing star; with an Appendix treating of the Jewish
Kabbala. Also a tract on the Philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer, and one on New ..."
8. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"They bear many pretty and odd names, such as " Rosy Walk," " Baltimore Beauty," "Orange
Peel," " blazing star." "Chariot Wheels and Church Windows. ..."
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