PHOSPHORUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
   Synonym(s)
   • daystar (what does daystar mean?)
   • morning star (what does morning star mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Phosphorus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • planet (what does planet mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells
   • is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
   Synonym(s)
   • atomic number 15 (what does atomic number 15 mean?)
   • P (what does P mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) phosphorus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chemical element (what does chemical element mean?)
   • element (what does element mean?)