"bluestar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bluestars [plural]
Etymology: From blue + star, from the colour and shape of the flowers. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|star}} blue + star Head templates: {{en-noun}} bluestar (plural bluestars)
  1. Any of the genus Amsonia of flowering plants in the dogbane family, found mainly in North America. Derived forms: Hubricht's bluestar (taxonomic: Amsonia hubrichtii)

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