Definition of Genus Ornithogalum

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.

Exact synonyms: Ornithogalum
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Star-of-bethlehem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ornithogalum

genus Ophrys
genus Opisthocomus
genus Opuntia
genus Orbignya
genus Orchestia
genus Orchis
genus Orcinus
genus Oreamnos
genus Orectolobus
genus Oreopteris
genus Oreortyx
genus Origanum
genus Oriolus
genus Orites
genus Ormosia
genus Ornithogalum (current term)
genus Ornithorhynchus
genus Orontium
genus Ortalis
genus Orthilia
genus Orthopristis
genus Orthotomus
genus Orycteropus
genus Oryctolagus
genus Oryx
genus Oryza
genus Oryzomys
genus Oryzopsis
genus Osmanthus
genus Osmerus

Literary usage of Genus Ornithogalum

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"STAR OF BETHLEHEM, a liliaceous herb of the genus Ornithogalum, the flowers of which are fancied to resemble the star which located the place of Jesus' ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The common Star-of-Bethlehem is the only representative of the genus Ornithogalum that is at all common in American gardens. It is a dwarf, hardy, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"... is now referred to the genus ornithogalum. This plant is allied to the onion, which it somewhat resembles : there are six stamens and a single style ..."

4. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by William Robinson, Esther Baldwin York (1903)
"The genus Ornithogalum is represented by thru interesting species. 0. umbellatum produces a May and June heads of white flowers, ..."

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