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語源

From evening + star. Cf. 古期英語 ǣfensteorra.

発音

固有名詞

the evening star

1. (astronomy) The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.

   Synonyms: Hesperus, evenstar (rare)

   Near-synonym: Phosphorus

   We now know that the evening star is the morning star – that is, Hesperus is Phosphorus.

名詞

evening star (plural evening stars)

1. Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.

   Synonym: (planet Mercury) Hermes

   Antonyms: morning star, Apollo

2. An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
3. Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.

アナグラム

• Gravenstein