star nosed (starnozd)

Having a circlet of fleshy proce es radiating from the end of the snout in the form of a star, as some moles: specifically noting Condylura cristata. See cut under Condylura. Also button - nosed. star-of-Bethlehem (stär'ov-beth'lē-em), n. 1. A plant of the genus Ornithogalum, partieularly O. umbellatum: so called from its starlike flowers, which are pure-white within. This species is native from France and the Netherlands to the Caucasus; it is common in gardens and often runs wild, in some parts of America too freely. In Palestine its bulbs are cooked and eaten, and they are thought by some to have been the "dove's dung" of 2 Kings vi. 25. Some other species are desirable hardy garden-bulbs, as 0. nu tans and O. Narbonense (O. pyramid ale ), the latter 3 feet high with a pyramidal cluster. 0. caudatum, with long leaves drying like tails at the end, and with watery-looking bulbs, is a species from the Cape of Good Hope, sometimes called onion- lily, remarkably tenacious of life except in cold. It has a flower-scape 2 or 3 feet high, and continues blooming a long time. 2. One of a few plants of other genera, as Stellar i a Holostea and Hypericum calycinum. [Prov. Eng.] See also Hypoxis and Gagea. [In the name of all these plants there is reference to the star of Mat. ii., which guided the wise men to Bethlehem.] star-of-Jerusalemt (stär ́ov-je-rö'sa-lem), n. The goat's-beard, Tragopogon pratensis. Prior ascribes the name to the salsify, T. porrifolius. See cut under salsify.