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Phosphorus
The morning star; Phosphor.
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One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…
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A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a…
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Containing substance 1
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
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Synonym 2
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
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The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
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68% interchangeable
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