aster
noun/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
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Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
- On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin, published 2011, page 120:
2
Biology, Natural sciences A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
3
Obsolete A star.
- by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94
- Derived terms
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alpine aster, aromatic aster, aster yellows, asterwort, devilweed aster, asterless, asteroid, azure aster, beach aster, big-leaf aster, blue aster, bog aster, bushy aster, button aster, calico aster, China aster, climbing aster, cornflower aster, East Indies aster, Fall aster, frostweed aster, glaucous aster, golden aster, goldilocks aster, heartleaf aster, Italian aster, large-leaved aster, Mojave-aster, monaster, mountain aster, New England aster, New York aster, panicled aster, prairie aster, purple-stemmed aster, red-stalked aster, rough-leaved aster, rush aster, sandaster, Schreber's aster, sea aster, Short's aster, silver aster, slender aster, smooth aster, southern aster, sperm aster, starved aster, sticky aster, stiff aster, Stokes' aster, swamp aster, tansyaster, tansy-leaf aster, Tartarian aster, tatarian aster, Tatarinow's aster, Tradescant's aster, tree aster, wavy-leaved aster, yellow aster- Related terms
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