evening star

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From evening + star. Cf. Old English ǣfensteorra.

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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).
Oenothera biennis

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