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BLAZING STAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

Synonyms:

blazing star; button snakeroot; gay-feather; gayfeather; snakeroot

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blazing star" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blazing star"):

dotted gayfeather; Liatris punctata (herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico)

dense blazing star; Liatris pycnostachya (perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers)

Holonyms ("blazing star" is a member of...):

genus Liatris; Liatris (genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning

Synonyms:

blazing star; Mentzelia laevicaulis; Mentzelia livicaulis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blazing star" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("blazing star" is a member of...):

genus Mentzelia; Mentzelia (genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs)

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