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See also: blazingstar and Blazing Star
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]blazing star (plural blazing stars)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blazing, star.
- (archaic) A comet.
- Any of various plants including:
- Any plant of genus Liatris, of North America.
- Chamaelirium luteum of the lily family.
- Aletris farinosa (white colicroot), a monocot.
- Mentzelia laevicaulis (giant blazing star).
- Tritonia crocata, native to southern Africa.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Chamaelirium luteum): devil's bit, fairy wand, rattlesnake root
- (Aletris farinosa): colicroot, star grass
Derived terms
[edit]- sharp blazing star (Liatris acidota)
- tall blazing star (Liatris aspera)
- bracted blazing star (Liatris bracteata)
- Chapman's blazing star (Liatris chapmanii)
- Sandhill's blazing star (Liatris cokeri)
- Ontario blazing star (Liatris cylindracea)
- branched blazing star (Liatris cymosa)
- densespike blazing star (Liatris densispicata)
- pinkscale blazing star (Liatris elegans)
- shaggy blazing star (Liatris elegantula)
- Garber's blazing star (Liatris garberi)
- Gholson's blazing star (Liatris gholsonii)
- glandular blazing star (Liatris glandulosa)
- slender blazing star (Liatris gracilis)
- Heller's blazing star (Liatris helleri)
- lanceleaf blazing star (Liatris lancifolia)
- Rocky Mountain blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)
- smallhead blazing star (Liatris microcephala)
- Florida blazing star (Liatris ohlingerae)
- spreading blazing star (Liatris patens)
- fewflower blazing star (Liatris pauciflora)
- shaggy blazing star (Liatris pilosa)
- Godfrey's blazing star (Liatris provincialis)
- dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata)
- prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya)
- savanna blazing star (Liatris savannensis)
- New England blazing star (Liatris scariosa)
- spherical blazing star (Liatris spheroidea)
- dense blazing star (Liatris spicata)
- scaly blazing star (Liatris squarrosa)
- Appalachian blazing star (Liatris squarrulosa)
- shortleaf blazing star (Liatris tenuifolia)
- Gulf blazing star (Liatris tenuis)
- turgid blazing star (Liatris turgida)
- wand blazing star (Liatris virgata)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “blazing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “blazing star”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
blazing star on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
