Definition of Starflowers

1. starflower [n] - See also: starflower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starflowers

stares
stares down
starets
staretses
staretz
staretzes
starey
starfaring
starfield
starfields
starfish flower
starfishes
starfishlike
starflower
starflowers (current term)
starforming
starfruit
starfruits
stargate
stargates
stargaze
stargazed
stargazer
stargazers
stargazes
stargazin

Literary usage of Starflowers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1889)
"worts, "starflowers" embracing all sunflowers as well,—such as Dahlias, Zinnias, Coreopsis, Asters, Tagetes, Calendulas, etc., many of which are natives of ..."

2. Spring Notes from Tennessee by Bradford Torrey (1896)
"Scattered thinly over the ground are yellow starflowers, the common houstonia, a pink phlox, and some unknown dark yellow blossom a little like the fall ..."

3. American Medicine (1911)
"... harebells, heartsease, anemone, starflowers, gentians and heather. Digitalis and aconite, well known medicinal plants grow on every mountainside, ..."

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