shooting star
Americannoun
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Also called prairie pointer. Also called American cowslip. any of several North American plants of the genus Dodecatheon, especially D. meadia, having pink or white flowers with reflexed petals and stamens forming a pointed beak.
noun
Etymology
Origin of shooting star
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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On its weekly chart, the weakness started with a double top after a bearish shooting star candle the first week of August with the November 2021 time frame.
From Barron's
On its weekly chart, the weakness started with a double top after a bearish shooting star candle the first week of August with the November 2021 time frame.
From Barron's
On its weekly chart, the weakness started with a double top after a bearish shooting star candle the first week of August with the November 2021 time frame.
From Barron's
When dust and gases from these objects enter our atmosphere, they burn up and create the bright streaks we know as shooting stars.
From BBC
On the upside, the $20 area proved stubborn resistance, marked by a bearish engulfing candle on Sept. 23 and a shooting star on Sept. 30.
From Barron's
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