Home › Words › B › bluestarbluestarbluestar · noun — any of the genus Amsonia of flowering plants in the dogbane family, found mainly in North America.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom blue + star, from the colour and shape of the flowers.nounAny of the genus Amsonia of flowering plants in the dogbane family, found mainly in North America.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amsonia 83% match — Any of the genus Amsonia of flowering plants; a bluestar. vs bluestar →bluet 67% match — Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers. vs bluestar →bluestem 62% match — Any of various grasses having bluish stems, including little bluestem and big bluestem, principally in tribe Andropogoneae. vs bluestar →blazingstar 61% match — Any of the plant of the genus Mentzelia, native to western North America, including Mexico. vs bluestar →bluecurls 59% match — Any plant in genus Trichostema, with blue flowers. vs bluestar →blueblossom 56% match — Any of species Ceanothus thyrsiflorus of evergreen shrubs, endemic to Oregon and California. vs bluestar →bladderpod 56% match — Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia. vs bluestar →bluebottle 56% match — A cornflower, a plant that grows in grain fields, Centaurea cyanus. vs bluestar →