BLAZING STAR


Meaning of BLAZING STAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 15th century

1. archaic : comet

2. : any of various plants having conspicuous flower clusters or star-shaped flowers: as

a. : any of a genus ( Liatris ) of North American composite herbs with spikes of rosy-purple rayless flowers — called also button snakeroot

b. : any of several North American rough-leaved herbs (genus Mentzelia of the family Losaceae)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.