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shooting star2

Syllabification: (shoot·ing star)
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Definition of shooting star

noun

  • a North American plant of the primrose family, with white, pink, or purple hanging flowers with backward curving petals. The flowers are carried above the leaves on slender stems and turn to face up following fertilization.
    • Genus Dodecatheon, family Primulaceae: several species, especially D. meadia

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Definition of shooting star in the British & World English dictionary