"carbon star" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carbon stars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carbon star (plural carbon stars)
  1. (astronomy) any of a class of red giant stars having a high proportion of carbon because of helium burning Wikipedia link: carbon star Categories (topical): Stars Translations (a type of star): hiilitähti (Finnish), réalta charbóin [feminine] (Irish), estrella de carbono [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-carbon_star-en-noun-kpEgA7c5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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