Al·deb·a·ran 
(
ăl-d
ĕb
ər-
ən)
n. A binary star in the constellation Taurus, 68 light years from Earth, and one of the brightest stars in the sky.
[Middle English Aldeboran, from Medieval Latin Aldebaran, from Arabic ad-dabarān : al-, the + dabarān, following (the Pleiades) (from dabara, to follow; see dpr in the Appendix of Semitic roots).]