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golden stars

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noun

  1. a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.


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The tower was decorated with five golden stars, each symbolizing a year of World War II, and flanked on either side by bronze statues of soldiers and a woman representing the “Motherland.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022

As always, flags flutter from almost every building and shop windows are decorated with golden stars.

From BBC • May 6, 2022

“It’s a romance overwhelming in its intensity, a heart that swells until it has to burst,” the ad read while five golden stars lay atop.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2017

During the service, held in the palace’s Chapel Royal, chants in Latin from an 18-person choir swelled up toward turquoise ceilings, adorned with golden stars and gilded cherubs.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2016

Above their heads, the double-barrel-vaulted ceiling was painted deep blue, with golden stars aping the real heavens just beyond.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz