evening star

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Noun

evening star (plural evening stars)

1. (astronomy, with definite article) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.

   The evening star is the morning star. (Hesperus is Phosphorus.)

2. (with indefinite article) Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
3. An evening primrose (O. biennis).

Synonyms

• (planet Venus) Hesperus
• (planet Mercury) Hermes

Antonyms

• (planet Venus) morning star, Phosphorus
• (planet Mercury) morning star, Apollo

Translations

• French: étoile du soir
• German: Abendstern
• Italian: stella della sera, vespero
• Portuguese: estrela da tarde, estrela d'alva
• Russian: вече́рняя звезда́
• Spanish: estrella de la tarde, lucero de la tarde

Translations

• Russian: осли́нник двуле́тний

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