Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A starfish of many rays, as the British Crossaster papposus. See
Helisater , and cuts underBrisinga and Solaster.
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Examples
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I have no idea whether Tolkien was thinking of celandines when he invented elanor, the 'sun-star', but was there ever a flower that suited the name better?
Harbingers of spring Carla 2010
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I have no idea whether Tolkien was thinking of celandines when he invented elanor, the 'sun-star', but was there ever a flower that suited the name better?
Archive 2010-03-01 Carla 2010
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I've always thought of celandines as one of the candidates for Tolkien's elanor, the "sun-star" the little yellow flowers growing in Lothlorien.
Archive 2009-04-01 Carla 2009
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I've always thought of celandines as one of the candidates for Tolkien's elanor, the "sun-star" the little yellow flowers growing in Lothlorien.
Spring flowers Carla 2009
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The sun-star peeked from its shroud of high stratus and was quickly masked by swollen cumulus barreling overhead.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The sun-star erupted with solar flare activity during the planet Kon 's approach to orbital perigee.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The sun-star in the display's center was a three-dimensional orange globe.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The sun-star exhibited a golden halo of ice crystals, portent of change.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The flowering sun-star, Rex-Kaliph, climbed rapidly over the planet's limb-a harsh, glaring blossom of light.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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R-K Two, the home planet of the belligerent aliens, spun in its orbit on the far side of the system, and Rex-Kaliph, the blazing yellow sun-star, masked the fleet's approach to R-K Three.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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