shooting star
Also called American cowslip, prairie pointer. 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.
Origin of shooting star
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How to use shooting star in a sentence
A shooting star flickered above me and vanished in an instant.
Because you shoot like a bomb or a shooting star, but then it falls down.
We next proceed to the phenomenon generally called Falling or shooting star.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsA shooting star falling near a house, foretells an early death in that dwelling.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantThe third brother was Tecumseh, "the wild-cat that leaps upon its prey," or "the shooting star," as the name has been translated.
The Old Northwest | Frederic Austin Ogg
It is this misleading appearance that probably is responsible for the name shooting star.
A Text-Book of Astronomy | George C. ComstockThe shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky.
Your National Parks | Enos A. Mills
British Dictionary definitions for shooting star
an informal name for meteor
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Scientific definitions for shooting star
[ shōō′tĭng ]
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