starflower

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noun

Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).

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sleepy dicksummer snowflakeOrnithogalum umbellatum
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Meanings

nounstarflower (plural starflowers)

plural starflowers

  1. Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
  2. Calytrix, a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae).
  3. Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).
  4. Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae).
  5. Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae).
  6. Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae).
  7. Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including:
    1. Ornithogalum dubium (sun star or orange star)
    2. Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
    3. Ornithogalum nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
    4. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus, spiked star-of-Bethlehem).
    5. Ornithogalum umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem).
  8. Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae))
    1. Trientalis borealis, northern starflower
    2. Trientalis europaea, European starflower or Arctic starflower
    3. Trientalis latifolia, Pacific starflower.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncommon Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

Similar
sleepy dicksummer snowflakeOrnithogalum umbellatum

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

starflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starflower

MLA

“starflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starflower. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “starflower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starflower.

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