NOUN | plant | summer snowflake, starflower, sleepy dick, Ornithogalum umbellatum | common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes |
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Meaning | Common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States. | |
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Synonyms | starflower, sleepy dick, Ornithogalum umbellatum | |
Broader | star-of-Bethlehem | Any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers |
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