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Definition of Ornithogalum umbellatum

Ornithogalum umbellatum
Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc. Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotace[ae]) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. Star coral (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to Astr[ae]a, Orbicella, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber. Star flower. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See Starwort (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis (Trientalis Americana). --Gray. Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. Star grass. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See Colicroot. Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla (S. autumnalis); -- called also star-headed hyacinth. Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants (Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc. Star lizard. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stellion. Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike flower. Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago (P. coronopus), growing upon the seashore. Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting. Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea solstitialis) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. Star worm (Zo["o]l.), a gephyrean. Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes occur at fixed periods. Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms.

Meaning of Ornithogalum umbellatum from wikipedia

- G(3) Ornithogalum umbellatum, the garden star-of-Bethlehem, gr**** lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o'clock lady, a species of the genus Ornithogalum, is a...
- Oberm. (30 species) subgenus Ornithogalum (7 sections, 120 species) Of the roughly 180 species, the best known are O. umbellatum, O. saundersiae, O. arabi****...
- Mediterranean region. It is the hexaploid cytotype of Ornithogalum umbellatum, a triploid. "Ornithogalum divergens Boreau". Plants of the World Online. Royal...
- in Maryland. At least in North America, it is not as common as Ornithogalum umbellatum. The specific epithet nutans means "nodding", referring to the...
- It was found on the bark of an unknown Liliaceae species and on Ornithogalum umbellatum in France, and then published and described by Jean Étienne Duby...
- Miscz. ex Grossh. Ornithogalum trichophyllum Boiss. Ornithogalum tropicale Baker Ornithogalum uluense Speta Ornithogalum umbellatum L. – Common Star-of-Bethlehem...
- polysomy have been identified in many species of plants, including: Ornithogalum umbellatum L. (Liliaceae) Conifers Cultivar R570 Br****ica Euphrasia Paspalum...
- Ornithogalum neurostegium subsp. neurostegium Ornithogalum sphaerocarpum Ornithogalum umbellatum Orobanche camptolepis Orobanche cernua Orobanche crenata Orobanche...
- צרפתי 1741 Ornithogalum neurostegium Liliaceae נץ-חלב שעיר 1742 Ornithogalum trichophyllum Liliaceae נץ-חלב דק-עלים 1743 Ornithogalum umbellatum Liliaceae...
- star-of-Bethlehem" Ornithogalum nutans, "Drooping star-of-Bethlehem" Ornithogalum pyrenai****, "Spiked star-of-Bethlehem" Ornithogalum umbellatum, "Common star-of-Bethlehem"...