What's the intended purpose of the star-shaped shredders on the cheese grater?

I’m thirding how great Microplanes are. If you use any kind of citrus zest, you need a Microplane zester.

A brief derail: I’ve also found that if your citrus is kind of shiny (anything that isn’t organic?), it’s because of vegetable wax which will stick to the outside of any zest you use. Before zesting, I boil a half sauce pot of water, and dunk the citrus in for 5 seconds, pull it out and wipe it with a paper towel as quickly as you can. I suspect that the boiling water softens the wax enough to where it can be mostly wiped off.