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mexican star

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frost⋅flow⋅er

[frawst-flou-er, frost-]
–noun
1. a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
2. its waxy-white, starlike flower.
3. any aster.
Also called Mexican star (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; frost + flower
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