Astr. [L. (sc. stella star) fem. sing. of lūcidus LUCID.] (See quot. 1877.)
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., s.v. Corona Borealis, Names and situations of the stars…. Lucida of the corona.… That following the lucida to the south.
1877. G. F. Chambers, Descript. Astron. (ed. 3), 917. Lucida, a word occasionally used in sidereal astronomy to indicate the brightest star of the constellation, or group, &c. mentioned.
