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Definition of Genus Ornithogalum
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Star-of-bethlehem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ornithogalum
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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