Meanings
plural starflowers
- Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
- Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).
- Grewia occidentalis (crossberry or lavender star flower, family Malvaceae).
- Ipheion, a genus of small bulbous perennials (family Amaryllidaceae).
- Orbea variegata, a succulent from South Africa (family Apocynaceae).
- Ornithogalum, a genus of perennial bulbous plants (family Asparagaceae), including:
- Ornithogalum arabicum (star-of-Bethlehem)
- Ornithogalum dubium (sun star or orange star)
- Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
- Ornithogalum nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
- Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus, spiked star-of-Bethlehem).
- Ornithogalum umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem).
- Any of several annual herbs, of the genus Trientalis (sometimes Lysimachia, having white star-shaped leaves (family Primulaceae))
- Trientalis borealis, northern starflower
- Trientalis europaea, European starflower or Arctic starflower
- 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Cite this entry
starflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starflower
“starflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/starflower. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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