HyperDic: sleepy_dick

English > 1 sense of the expression sleepy dick:
NOUNplantsleepy dick, starflower, summer snowflake, Ornithogalum umbellatumcommon Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes
English > sleepy dick: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningCommon Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States.
Synonymsstarflower, summer snowflake, Ornithogalum umbellatum
Broaderstar-of-BethlehemAny of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers

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