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Definition of Starflower
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.
Generic synonyms: Star-of-bethlehem
Definition of Starflower
1. Noun. Any of several annual herbs, of the genus ''Trientalis'', having white star-shaped leaves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Starflower
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starflower
Literary usage of Starflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Besides, there is a plant known as the starflower and another as the ...
The starflower grows in deep woods along with the dwarf cornel and the wintergreens ..."
2. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"Besides, there is a plant known as the starflower and another as the shooting-star,
both to be classed in this family. The true primroses are found only ..."
3. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"... (starflower. Ww yp Au. to Oc.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, punctate,
acute; margin scabrous; branchlets level- ..."