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Definition of Christmas star
1. Noun. Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.
Group relationships: Euphorbia, Genus Euphorbia
Generic synonyms: Spurge
Definition of Christmas star
1. Proper noun. Star of Bethlehem ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christmas Star
Literary usage of Christmas star
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Danish Folk Tales: From the Danish of Svend Grundtvig, E. T. Kristensen by Evald Tang Kristensen, Leopold Budde, Sven Grundtvig, Ingvor Andreas Nicolaj Bondesen (1899)
"... WHAT THE Christmas star SEES UNDER THE ANGEL'S WINGS >N the dim twilight a
young mother sits by the window. Her little son, her only one, is on her lap. ..."
2. Finding List of Fairy Tales and Folk Stories in Books at the Branches of the ...by Boston Public Library, Louise Prouty by Boston Public Library, Louise Prouty (1908)
""What the Christmas star sees. B.4Y. Danish fairy and folk tales. Y 637 ""What
the good-man does is sure to be right!" kingfisher got his ring and his ..."
3. Prose and Verse for Children by Katharine Pyle (1899)
"A Christmas star. now, my dear little stars," said Mother Moon, "and I will tell
you the ... It was the story of the Christmas star— the star of Bethlehem. ..."
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