"forest star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forest stars [plural]
Etymology: Attested at least in a work pertaining to Zimbabwean flora published in 1990. Head templates: {{en-noun}} forest star (plural forest stars)
  1. (Zambia, Zimbabwe) Mussaenda arcuata, a shrub species of the family Rubiaceae with a star-shaped 5-lobed yellow corolla, whose centre is also star-shaped and hairy, orange to brown in colour; native range is Tropical Africa and Western Indian Ocean. Tags: Zimbabwe Categories (lifeform): Madder family plants, Shrubs Synonyms: savanna gooseberry, wild handkerchief bush [Zimbabwe] Translations (Mussaenda arcuata): ayi (Alur), kinusi (Bemba), mukolowando (Bemba), mupulupumpi (Bemba), malegbe (Bwa), mamo gundu (Bwa), mandadea (Bwa), gundu (Bwa), mbiba (Bwa), liane de Kisanji (english: Democratic Republic of the Congo) (French), cicrite (Mauritius) (French), caca poule (Mauritius) (French), gros lingue (Réunion) (French), lingue (Réunion) (French), lingue café (Réunion) (French), tembotembo (Kanyok), kapiapia (Kela-Yela), lukasimbi (Kela-Yela), musuasabi (Kela-Yela), esobi (Lingala), wale (Lingala), boienge (Lombo), ekase (Lombo), lopipilopi lo boliki (Lombo), tshilwadi (Luba-Katanga), mudondo (Luhya), shihanga (Luhya), achak (Luo), adieremo (Luo), adiep (Luo), odieremo (Luo), nelonio (Mangbetu), kwamatoko (Mayogo), lombombokozi (note: Nkundo dialect) (Mongo), bombitu (note: Nkundo dialect) (Mongo), madakwa (Ngombe (Congo)), magwambili (Ngombe (Congo)), malalango (Ngombe (Congo)), malegwe (Ngombe (Congo)), mamenimeni (Ngombe (Congo)), mapinga (Ngombe (Congo)), umubozanda [Rundi] (Rwanda-Rundi), umugigogigo [Rundi] (Rwanda-Rundi), ngûlayänü (Sango), muridzameso (Shona), tshilambela (Taabwa), aningo (Zande), aninga (Zande), eningo (Zande), oningo (Zande), imaturu (Zande)

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      ],
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        }
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          "code": "alz",
          "lang": "Alur",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "ayi"
        },
        {
          "code": "bem",
          "lang": "Bemba",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "kinusi"
        },
        {
          "code": "bem",
          "lang": "Bemba",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mukolowando"
        },
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          "code": "bem",
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          "word": "mupulupumpi"
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          "code": "bww",
          "lang": "Bwa",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "malegbe"
        },
        {
          "code": "bww",
          "lang": "Bwa",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mamo gundu"
        },
        {
          "code": "bww",
          "lang": "Bwa",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mandadea"
        },
        {
          "code": "bww",
          "lang": "Bwa",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "gundu"
        },
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          "code": "bww",
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          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mbiba"
        },
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          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "liane de Kisanji"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "cicrite (Mauritius)"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "caca poule (Mauritius)"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "lingue (Réunion)"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
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        },
        {
          "code": "kny",
          "lang": "Kanyok",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "tembotembo"
        },
        {
          "code": "kel",
          "lang": "Kela-Yela",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "kapiapia"
        },
        {
          "code": "kel",
          "lang": "Kela-Yela",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "lukasimbi"
        },
        {
          "code": "kel",
          "lang": "Kela-Yela",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "musuasabi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ln",
          "lang": "Lingala",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "esobi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ln",
          "lang": "Lingala",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "wale"
        },
        {
          "code": "loo",
          "lang": "Lombo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "boienge"
        },
        {
          "code": "loo",
          "lang": "Lombo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "ekase"
        },
        {
          "code": "loo",
          "lang": "Lombo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "lopipilopi lo boliki"
        },
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          "code": "lu",
          "lang": "Luba-Katanga",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "tshilwadi"
        },
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          "code": "luy",
          "lang": "Luhya",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mudondo"
        },
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          "code": "luy",
          "lang": "Luhya",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "shihanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "luo",
          "lang": "Luo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "achak"
        },
        {
          "code": "luo",
          "lang": "Luo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "adieremo"
        },
        {
          "code": "luo",
          "lang": "Luo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "adiep"
        },
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          "code": "luo",
          "lang": "Luo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "odieremo"
        },
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          "code": "mdj",
          "lang": "Mangbetu",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "nelonio"
        },
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          "code": "mdm",
          "lang": "Mayogo",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "kwamatoko"
        },
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          "code": "lol",
          "lang": "Mongo",
          "note": "Nkundo dialect",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "lombombokozi"
        },
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          "code": "lol",
          "lang": "Mongo",
          "note": "Nkundo dialect",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "bombitu"
        },
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          "code": "ngc",
          "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "madakwa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ngc",
          "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "magwambili"
        },
        {
          "code": "ngc",
          "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "malalango"
        },
        {
          "code": "ngc",
          "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "malegwe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ngc",
          "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mamenimeni"
        },
        {
          "code": "ngc",
          "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "mapinga"
        },
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          "code": "rw",
          "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "umubozanda"
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          "code": "rw",
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          "word": "umugigogigo"
        },
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          "code": "sg",
          "lang": "Sango",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "ngûlayänü"
        },
        {
          "code": "sn",
          "lang": "Shona",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "muridzameso"
        },
        {
          "code": "tap",
          "lang": "Taabwa",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "tshilambela"
        },
        {
          "code": "zne",
          "lang": "Zande",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "aningo"
        },
        {
          "code": "zne",
          "lang": "Zande",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "aninga"
        },
        {
          "code": "zne",
          "lang": "Zande",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "eningo"
        },
        {
          "code": "zne",
          "lang": "Zande",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "oningo"
        },
        {
          "code": "zne",
          "lang": "Zande",
          "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
          "word": "imaturu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forest star"
}
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      ],
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      "code": "alz",
      "lang": "Alur",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
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    },
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    },
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      "lang": "Bemba",
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      "word": "mupulupumpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bww",
      "lang": "Bwa",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "malegbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "bww",
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      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "mamo gundu"
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      "code": "bww",
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      "word": "mandadea"
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      "word": "mbiba"
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      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "liane de Kisanji"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "cicrite (Mauritius)"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "caca poule (Mauritius)"
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      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "gros lingue (Réunion)"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
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      "code": "kny",
      "lang": "Kanyok",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "tembotembo"
    },
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      "code": "kel",
      "lang": "Kela-Yela",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "kapiapia"
    },
    {
      "code": "kel",
      "lang": "Kela-Yela",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "lukasimbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "kel",
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      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "musuasabi"
    },
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      "code": "ln",
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "esobi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ln",
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "wale"
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      "code": "loo",
      "lang": "Lombo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "boienge"
    },
    {
      "code": "loo",
      "lang": "Lombo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "ekase"
    },
    {
      "code": "loo",
      "lang": "Lombo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "lopipilopi lo boliki"
    },
    {
      "code": "lu",
      "lang": "Luba-Katanga",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "tshilwadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "mudondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "shihanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "achak"
    },
    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "adieremo"
    },
    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "adiep"
    },
    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "odieremo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mdj",
      "lang": "Mangbetu",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "nelonio"
    },
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      "code": "mdm",
      "lang": "Mayogo",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "kwamatoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "lol",
      "lang": "Mongo",
      "note": "Nkundo dialect",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "lombombokozi"
    },
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      "code": "lol",
      "lang": "Mongo",
      "note": "Nkundo dialect",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "bombitu"
    },
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      "code": "ngc",
      "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "madakwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ngc",
      "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "magwambili"
    },
    {
      "code": "ngc",
      "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "malalango"
    },
    {
      "code": "ngc",
      "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "malegwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ngc",
      "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "mamenimeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ngc",
      "lang": "Ngombe (Congo)",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "mapinga"
    },
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      "code": "rw",
      "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "tags": [
        "Rundi"
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      "word": "umubozanda"
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      "code": "rw",
      "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "umugigogigo"
    },
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      "code": "sg",
      "lang": "Sango",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "ngûlayänü"
    },
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      "code": "sn",
      "lang": "Shona",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "muridzameso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tap",
      "lang": "Taabwa",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "tshilambela"
    },
    {
      "code": "zne",
      "lang": "Zande",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "aningo"
    },
    {
      "code": "zne",
      "lang": "Zande",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "aninga"
    },
    {
      "code": "zne",
      "lang": "Zande",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "eningo"
    },
    {
      "code": "zne",
      "lang": "Zande",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "oningo"
    },
    {
      "code": "zne",
      "lang": "Zande",
      "sense": "Mussaenda arcuata",
      "word": "imaturu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forest star"
}

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