English
Etymology
From the Star of Bethlehem in Christian tradition.
Noun
star-of-Bethlehem
- 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 (nl) 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
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