alpha crucis

1. 1.

   the brightest star in the Southern Cross

   Broaderstar

   Part ofSouthern Cross

Questions about alpha crucis

What does alpha crucis mean?

alpha crucis means "the brightest star in the Southern Cross".

Is alpha crucis a common word?

alpha crucis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.