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BOG STAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
Synonyms:
bog star; Parnassia palustris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bog star" is a kind of...):
grass-of-Parnassus; parnassia (any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup)
Holonyms ("bog star" is a member of...):
genus Parnassia (genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions)