Meaning of evening star | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening.
2. The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.
3. Any star seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter.
4. Oenothera biennis, a medicinal plant.
5. An evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
6. Mentzelia pumila; any of several other species of genus Mentzelia.
7. Mentzelia pumila (dwarf mentzelia) and other species of genus Mentzelia.
8. The title of any of several newspapers.

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: Phosphorus”

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

“Near-synonym: Morning Star”

“As we now know, the evening star is the morning star.”

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