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starflower

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star⋅flow⋅er

[stahr-flou-er]
–noun
any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.

Origin:
1620–30; star + flower
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star·flow·er   (stär'flou'ər)   
n.  
  1. Any of several small plants of the genus Trientalis, especially T. borealis, of northeast North America, having white starlike flowers.

  2. Any of several plants having starlike flowers.

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