astarte Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar
    Ashtoreth.

WordNet


As*tar"te noun
Etymology
Gr. a Phoenician goddess.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

Webster 1913