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ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ornithogalum umbellatum mean?

• ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM (noun)
The noun ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM has 1 sense:

1. common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

Familiarity information: ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Ornithogalum umbellatum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ornithogalum umbellatum; sleepy dick; starflower; summer snowflake

Hypernyms ("Ornithogalum umbellatum" is a kind of...):

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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