southern cross

English Thesaurus

1. a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	constellation,
definition	:	a configuration of stars as seen from the earth (noun.object)

member holonym	:	alpha crucis,
definition	:	the brightest star in the Southern Cross (noun.object)

member holonym	:	beta crucis,
definition	:	the second brightest star in the Southern Cross (noun.object)

member meronym	:	milky way, milky way galaxy, milky way system,
definition	:	the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky (noun.object)