Instance_Hypernym

noun

any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit

terrestrial planet 1

noun

a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system

Member_meronym

solar system 1

noun

the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field

Venus 1

noundomain: natural obj.

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'

Examples

1.before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer

Member_holonym

solar system 1

noun

the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field