Shooting Star (Elkie Brooks album)
WordNet
noun
(1) A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
- Any of several wild plants in the Dodecatheon genus of flowering plants mostly found in Western North America.