blazing star

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noun

any of certain plants with showy flower clusters, as Chamaelirium luteum, of the lily family, or the composite plant Liatris spicata.

a plant, Mentzelia laevicaulis, of the western U.S., having large, light-yellow flowers with many conspicuous stamens.

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Words nearby blazing star

blaze a trail, blaze orange, blazer, blazes, blazing, blazing star, blazon, blazonry, bldg., Bldg.E., bldr.

How to use blazing star in a sentence

Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
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It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”
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I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?
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The star announces he is to marry his 27-year-old boyfriend.
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Passing a bungalow that was blazing furiously, he saw in the compound the corpses of two women.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Her eyes were blazing with triumph, yet her lips curved with contempt at the attitude of her trembling father.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
If it should ever be my lot to take the Long Trail at short notice, I hope it will be under a blue sky and a blazing sun.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I had no idea who they were, as the Grand Duke was in morning costume, and had no star or decoration to distinguish him.
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Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for blazing star

blazing star

noun US

a North American liliaceous plant, Chamaelirium luteum, with a long spike of small white flowers

any plant of the North American genus Liatris, having clusters of small red or purple flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

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