- the star that guided the Magi to the manger of the infant Jesus in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:1–10.
- any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
- a Eurasian liliaceous plant, Ornithogalum umbellatum, naturalized in the eastern US, having narrow leaves and starlike white flowers
- any of several similar and related plants
- the star that is supposed to have appeared above Bethlehem at the birth of Christ
