prairie star

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   plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta

   SynonymsLithophragma parviflorum

   Broaderwildflower

   Part ofLithophragma

Questions about prairie star

What does prairie star mean?

prairie star means "plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta".

What is another word for prairie star?

Close synonyms include Lithophragma parviflorum. 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 prairie star a common word?

prairie star is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.