blazing star

Questions about blazing star

What does blazing star mean?

blazing star means "biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blazing star?

Close synonyms include Mentzelia livicaulis, Mentzelia laevicaulis, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blazing star a common word?

blazing star is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.