star-shaped
AmericanEtymology
Origin of star-shaped
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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The team traced these changes to astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain that support neurons.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
She's studying the role of star-shaped immune cells, called astrocytes, in Alzheimer's.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
At Socrates, examples include “A Sea In-MOTION,” a star-shaped assemblage of bamboo fences by the Pioneers Go East Collective; and Natalia Nakazawa’s part-buckyball, part-yurt “Dome Cartographies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee features coconut ice cream with swirls of caramel and red, white and blue star-shaped sprinkles.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
With the leftover egg whites, she fashions star-shaped meringues, which she serves with the ice cream day after day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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