star-of-Bethlehem

See also: Star of Bethlehem

English

Etymology

From the Star of Bethlehem in Christian tradition.

Noun

star-of-Bethlehem

1. Any of the genus Ornithogalum of perennial plants mostly native to southern Europe and southern Africa, with clusters of typically white star-shaped flowers.

Translations

plant of the genus Ornithogalum

• Abaza: ларгӏвыджхӏагӏа (larʻʷədžḥaʻa)
• Abkhaz: алаҳәагәаџа (alaḥʷagʷadẑa)
• Armenian: աստղաշուշան (hy) (astġašušan), խնջլոզ (hy) (xnǰloz)
• Azerbaijani: xıncalaus, quşsüdü
• Catalan: vicaris (ca) m pl
• Dutch: vogelmelk f
• Estonian: linnupiim
• Finnish: tähdikki (fi)
• French: ornithogale (fr) m
• Georgian: ძაღლნიორა (ʒaɣlniora)
• German: Milchstern m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀρνιθόγαλον n (ornithógalon)

• Hebrew: נֵץ חָלָב (he) m (netz ẖaláv)
• Italian: ornitogalo m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gîlaxe, serêş (ku), şimlî

• Ossetian: цъиуӕхсырӕг (c’iwæxsyræg)
• Ottoman Turkish: توكوروك اوتی (tükürük otu)
• Russian: птицемле́чник (ru) m (pticemléčnik)
• Turkish: akbaldır, akyıldız, tükürük otu (tr)
• West Frisian: gersstjer