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TEXAS STAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Texas star mean?
• TEXAS STAR (noun)
The noun TEXAS STAR has 2 senses:
1. prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
2. Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
Familiarity information: TEXAS STAR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
prairia Sabbatia; Sabbatia campestris; Texas star
Hypernyms ("Texas star" is a kind of...):
sabbatia (any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lindheimera texana; Texas star
Hypernyms ("Texas star" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("Texas star" is a member of...):
genus Lindheimera; Lindheimera (one species: Texas star)
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