shooting star
noun
1
: a visual meteor appearing as a temporary streak of light in the night sky
2
: any of several North American perennial herbs (genus Primula, especially P. meadia) of the primrose family that have entire oblong leaves and showy flowers with reflexed petals
3
: one resembling a shooting star especially in sudden and temporary brilliance
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Sparks fly from the wreckage like shooting stars falling from heaven.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Botanical Name: Mimulus x hybridus Sun Exposure: Partial shade
Soil Type: Clay, loam, sand
Soil pH: Neutral
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White Tobacco
White tobacco has large, dramatic leaves and showy, fragrant clusters of pendent white flowers that look like a burst of shooting stars.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Next encounter with Halley's debris Stargazers will be treated to another display of shooting stars when Earth takes its second yearly dive through Halley's debris trail in the latter months of 2025, heralding the onset of the Orionid meteor shower.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 6 May 2025
The dazzling show of shooting stars appears biannually every May and October, NASA said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Botanical Name: Mimulus x hybridus Sun Exposure: Partial shade
Soil Type: Clay, loam, sand
Soil pH: Neutral
10 of 11
White Tobacco
White tobacco has large, dramatic leaves and showy, fragrant clusters of pendent white flowers that look like a burst of shooting stars.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Next encounter with Halley's debris Stargazers will be treated to another display of shooting stars when Earth takes its second yearly dive through Halley's debris trail in the latter months of 2025, heralding the onset of the Orionid meteor shower.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 6 May 2025
The dazzling show of shooting stars appears biannually every May and October, NASA said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 4 May 2025
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“Shooting star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shooting%20star. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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