Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A smooth tufted water-plant, Damasonium stellatum. of southern Europe and eastern Asia: so called from the long-pointed radiating carpels. Another name is thrumwort.
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Examples
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Jewel roamed around on her long rope after she ate the oats, and she discovered a star-fruit tree with a couple of early fruits on the lower branches.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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Jewel roamed around on her long rope after she ate the oats, and she discovered a star-fruit tree with a couple of early fruits on the lower branches.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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Jewel roamed around on her long rope after she ate the oats, and she discovered a star-fruit tree with a couple of early fruits on the lower branches.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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Jewel roamed around on her long rope after she ate the oats, and she discovered a star-fruit tree with a couple of early fruits on the lower branches.
BLOWN AWAY! JOAN HIATT HARLOW 2007
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Stacks of golden bananas, olive-tinted dukus, rambutans like green chestnut-shells with scarlet prickles, amber star-fruit, brown salak, the "forbidden apple," bread-fruit, and durian offer an embarassing choice.
Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings
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At another event, punch was served with slices of star-fruit garnishes to compliment her pentacle theme.
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In the intervening decade, he'd perfected a whimsical cooking profile that was part Deep South, part Latin-Caribbean, and part circus: Florida lobster corn dogs; barbecued wild boar with corn-bread crostini and star-fruit salsa; local black grouper with citrus dulce de leche; and sage-grilled Florida dolphin with lobster pan gravy and cranberry-mango chutney.
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In the intervening decade, he'd perfected a whimsical cooking profile that was part Deep South, part Latin-Caribbean, and part circus: Florida lobster corn dogs; barbecued wild boar with corn-bread crostini and star-fruit salsa; local black grouper with citrus dulce de leche; and sage-grilled Florida dolphin with lobster pan gravy and cranberry-mango chutney.
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