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"they saw a starlike object in the sky"adjectiveresembling a star
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- quasar a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
- starless not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
- amber lily plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
- queen's cup plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
- star magnolia deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States
- bride's bonnet plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
- starry saxifrage small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe
- magnolia stellata deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States
- anthericum torreyi plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
- star sapphire a sapphire that when cut shows a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure