English Explanatory Dictionary

adelaster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Word forms

adelaster adelasters

Etymology

Either from Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “not manifest”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) or from Ancient Greek ἄδηλος (ádēlos, “not manifest”) + Latin -aster.

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