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  Headed with a star; having a head like a star; spec. as an epithet of certain stellate flowers.

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c. 1710.  Petiver, Catal. Ray’s Eng. Herbal, § 42. Bur and Star-headed Plants.

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1777.  Jacob, Catal. Plants, 111. Callitriche verna,… Star-headed Chickweed.

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1814.  Roxburgh, Hort. Bengal, 58. Trifolium stellatum. Star-headed trefoil.

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1855.  Bailey, Mystic, 39. Aiming star-headed arrow winged with light.

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