The star * selects all elements located by preceeding path

/AAA/CCC/DDD/*
Select all elements enclosed by elements /AAA/CCC/DDD
<AAA> <XXX> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </CCC> <CCC> <BBB> <BBB> <BBB/> </BBB> </BBB> </CCC> </AAA>
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///*/BBB
Select all elements BBB which have 3 ancestors
<AAA> <XXX> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </CCC> <CCC> <BBB> <BBB> <BBB/> </BBB> </BBB> </CCC> </AAA>
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//*
Select all elements
<AAA> <XXX> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </XXX> <CCC> <DDD> <BBB/> <BBB/> <EEE/> <FFF/> </DDD> </CCC> <CCC> <BBB> <BBB> <BBB/> </BBB> </BBB> </CCC> </AAA>
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