star|flow|er

star|flow|er
star|flow|er «STAHR FLOW uhr», noun.
any one of various star-shaped flowers or the plants bearing them, especially: a) = star-of-Bethlehem. (Cf.star-of-Bethlehem) b) any one of a group of low, white-flowered plants of the primrose family.

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