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starflower

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

starflower: borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae)
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Noun

starflower (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 arabicum (star-of-Bethlehem)
  8. Ornithogalum dubium (sun star or orange star)
  9. Ornithogalum narbonense (pyramidal star-of-Bethlehem)
  10. Ornithogalum nutans (drooping star-of-Bethlehem)
  11. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum (Bath asparagus, Prussian asparagus, spiked star-of-Bethlehem).
  12. Ornithogalum umbellatum (common star-of-Bethlehem).
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  1. Trientalis borealis, northern starflower
  2. Trientalis europaea, European starflower or Arctic starflower
  3. Trientalis latifolia, Pacific starflower.

Forms of starflower

pluralstarflowers

Origin of starflower

From star + flower.

Questions about starflower

What does starflower mean?
Starflower means borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
What part of speech is starflower?
Starflower is a noun.
What is the plural of starflower?
The plural of starflower is starflowers.

Words near starflower in the dictionary

  1. starfishes
  2. starfishing
  3. starfishlike
  4. starfleet
  5. starfleets
  6. starflower
  7. starflowers
  8. starforming
  9. starfrontlet
  10. starfrontlets
  11. starfruit

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