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STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
Classified under:
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)
