Definitions
American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A star of great size and brightness that has a relatively low surface temperature.
Wiktionary
- n. astronomy A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun
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Lists
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science fact or fiction
pretty open-ended hereāterms, ideas, lingo, technologies and phenomena (real or postulated) that are, were, should be or could be used in speculative fiction
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EN - coloured collocations
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red phrases /words
how red is used
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Mustard
n. A plant of the genus Brassica, formerly classed as Sinapis. The ordinary species are B. nigra, the black mustard; B. alba, the white mustard; and B. Sinapistrum, the wild mustard or charlock. Th...
mustard, Mustard, mustard greens, Brassica, Sinapis, black mustard, white mustard, mustard seed, Jieziyuan Huazhuan, Manual of the Mus..., mustard gas, mustard plaster and 77 more...
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My God, It's Full of Stars!
stellar black hole, micro black hole, black hole, collapsar, hypernova, supernova, nova, variable star, stellar core, strange star, quark star, compact star and 37 more...
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bilby "A favourite red mustard from Japan. The large purple leaves have a mild mustard flavour when young and a bit more bite when older."
- seed packet for Mustard Green 'Red Giant', Southern Harvest, Australia. Feb 1, 2013