starflower

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

From star + flower.

And I shall wear starflowers in my hair. — Anne of the Island, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
That bridge led Anne’s dancing feet up over a wooded hill beyond, where perpetual twilight reigned under the straight, thick-growing firs and spruces; the only flowers there were myriads of delicate “June bells,” those shyest and sweetest of woodland blooms, and a few pale, aerial starflowers, like the spirits of last year’s blossoms. — Anne of Green Gables, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

sleepy dick, summer snowflake, Ornithogalum umbellatum

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