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summer snowflake

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star-of-Beth⋅le⋅hem

[stahr-uhv-beth-lee-uhm, -li-hem]
–noun, plural stars-of-Beth⋅le⋅hem.
any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
Also called summer snowflake.


Origin:
1565–75
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summer snowflake

noun
common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States [syn: starflower
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