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oxygen-rich giant comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
giant	star	High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
oxygen-rich giant	giant	A collective designation for a giant showing metal oxide molecules - thus M, MS and S stars.

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