aster
Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
Noun
- 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,...
- A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
- 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
Origin
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
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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