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Definition of "star-of-bethlehem" []

  • A bulbous liliaceous plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike flower. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "star-of-bethlehem" in a sentence
  • "This lovely wildflower is known as star-of-bethlehem."
  • "It's right by there that the star-of-bethlehem flowers are blooming."
  • "In a similar manner young slender roots well anchored in the soil, at or near the close of the growing season, pull downward and outward large numbers of bulblets that form around a parent bulb of some kinds of leeks, tulips, star-of-bethlehem, globe hyacinth, and monkshood."
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