evening star
See also: Evening Star
English
Etymology
From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.
Noun
evening star (plural evening stars)
- (astronomy, with definite article) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
- Synonym: Hesperus
- We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.
- (with indefinite article) Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
- Synonym: (planet Mercury) Hermes
- Antonyms: morning star, Apollo
- An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Oenothera biennis
- Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.
Translations
planet Venus seen in the evening
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Oenothera biennis
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Anagrams
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