WONDER FLOWER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers

Synonyms:

chincherinchee; Ornithogalum thyrsoides; wonder flower

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wonder flower" is a kind of...):

star-of-Bethlehem (any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers)