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blazing star

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: blazing star

1
 n
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
2
 n
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: blazing star
1

n 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:
Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia livicaulis
Type of:
flower
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
2

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

Synonyms:
button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot
Types:
Liatris punctata, dotted gayfeather
herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
Liatris pycnostachya, dense blazing star
perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
Type of:
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
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