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STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM

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STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM (noun)
  The noun STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM has 1 sense:

1. any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM used as a noun is very rare.


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STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM (noun)


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Meaning:

Any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("star-of-Bethlehem" is a kind of...):

bulbous plant (plant growing from a bulb)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "star-of-Bethlehem"):

Ornithogalum umbellatum; sleepy dick; starflower; summer snowflake (common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States)

bath asparagus; Ornithogalum pyrenaicum; Prussian asparagus (Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots)

chincherinchee; Ornithogalum thyrsoides; wonder flower (South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers)

Holonyms ("star-of-Bethlehem" is a member of...):

genus Ornithogalum; Ornithogalum (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)


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