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Definition of Ornithogalum umbellatum
1. Noun. Common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithogalum Umbellatum
Literary usage of Ornithogalum umbellatum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany. edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1848)
"On the Finding of ornithogalum umbellatum, Linn., near Worcester. ... I may
observe that the ornithogalum umbellatum is a most difficult plant to find at ..."
2. Report and Transactions (1882)
"SNOW-FLAKE, Ornithogalum, umbellatum, L. The Star of Bethlehem. ... (2) Ornithogalum
umbellatum, L. Also called SNOW-FLAKE and SUN-FLOWER, which see. ..."
3. Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire by J. E. Marr, Arthur Everett Shipley (1904)
"ornithogalum umbellatum (rare). ... otherwise the list, with the exception of
Melampyrum cristatum and possibly ornithogalum umbellatum, which is a doubtful ..."
4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1818)
"Troas. 0m:«Anga/Hro«anam(Sibth.)Dwarf Star of Bethlehem . Mount Haemus.
ornithogalum umbellatum . Star of Bethlehem . . . Cos. Ornithogalum (nova species). ..."
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