Etymology

adelaster

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Today it means: A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄδηλος ← Latin -aster
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  1. Latin · derived from-aster
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄδηλος“not manifest”
  3. English todayadelaster

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄδηλος all →

adelocodonicAdelophagi

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.