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Noun: red dwarf star
  1. A small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter
    "Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system, is a red dwarf star";
    - red dwarf

Derived forms: red dwarf stars

Type of: star

Encyclopedia: Red dwarf star