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Definition of Ornithogalum
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Star-of-bethlehem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithogalum
Literary usage of Ornithogalum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"HK ornithogalum thyrsoides. HK ornithogalum arabicum. 63. ... ornithogalum nutans.
253. HK Connects its genus with Pancratium. ..."
2. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1870)
"It would be much more easy to characterise ornithogalum definitely if they were
... For the present we would regard them as a sub-genus of ornithogalum, ..."
3. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"ornithogalum L. STAB-OF-BETHLEHEM. Flowers' corymbose, erect; pedicels long,
slender. 1. ... iJ ornithogalum UMBELLATUM LM p. 267. Escaped from gardens. ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... but they prefer a compost of loam, leaf-mould, and sand, with an annual
top-dressing of rich soil. Propagated by seeds and offsets. ornithogalum (Greek ..."
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