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Sternblume
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German
Etymology
de :af Stern<t:star> Blume<t:flower>
de Stern star Blume flower.
Pronunciation
de [ˈʃtɛʁnˌbluːmə]
de Stern blu me
de De-Sternblume.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
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any flowering plant having (a) starlike, star-shaped flower(s) in bloom (e.g. Aster, Astrantia major species)
de Fanny Gräfin zu Reventlow Ellen Olestjerne Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke Albert Langen München 1903 1925 520 https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Seite:Reventlow_Werke_0520.png An den Abhaͤngen bluͤhten schon die weißen Sternblumen und die Weidenzweige hingen tief herunter. The white star-shaped flowers were already blooming on the slopes and the willow branches hung low.
de Elisabeth Langgässer Das unauslöschliche Siegel: Roman 3rd Claassen & Goverts Hamburg 1949 1946 120 http://books.google.com/books?id=1Fg5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&dq=Sternblumen Das dunkle Goldgelb und Violett der Stiefmütterchen, welche die Wege säumten, floß in dem Schmelztiegel eines Demiurgen wie Gold und Eisen zusammen; Sternblumen traten in das Gestein, das sie entlassen hatte, zurück und glänzten wie Bergkristalle; […] The dark golden-yellow and violet of the pansies that lined the paths coalesced in the demiurge’s melting pot like gold and iron; star-shaped flowers receded from the rocks that released them and sparkled like rock crystals; […]
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