BETA CRUCIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second brightest star in the Southern Cross

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

Holonyms ("Beta Crucis" is a member of...):

Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)

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