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Aster  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
2.
(Floriculture) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
3.
(Biol.) A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis.





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"Aster" Quotes from Famous Books



... through the signs of the zodiac: [Greek: aster] differs from [Greek: astron], the former signifying a single star, the ...
— The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. • Euripides
... they lie, but the cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again. The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; But on the hills the goldenrod, and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood, Till fell the frost from the clear, cold heaven, as falls the plague on men, And the brightness of their smile was gone from ...
— Graded Poetry: Seventh Year - Edited by Katherine D. Blake and Georgia Alexander • Various


Words linked to "Aster" :   anatomical structure, rush aster, bushy aster, southern aster, Maryland golden aster, Aster tripolium, purple-stemmed aster, grass-leaved golden aster, New England aster, flower, arrow leaved aster, sea starwort, Aster novae-angliae, body structure, aromatic aster, Mojave aster, wavy-leaved aster, aster family, perennial salt marsh aster, Eastern silvery aster, stiff aster, Aster novi-belgii, rough-leaved aster, sticky aster, small white aster, Aster acuminatus, sickleweed golden aster, hairy golden aster, Aster turbinellis, Aster arenosus, Aster cordifolius, structure, goldilocks, beach aster, stokes' aster, prairie golden aster, prairie aster, large-leaved aster, Western silvery aster, golden aster, white-topped aster, white prairie aster, complex body part, Schreiber's aster, Aster falcatus, white wood aster, calico aster, Aster divaricatus, willow aster, starved aster, smooth aster, goldilocks aster, tansy leaf aster, cornflower aster, azure aster, Aster linarifolius, upland white aster, Aster ericoides, bodily structure, Aster shortii, bog aster, tradescant's aster, Short's aster, genus Aster, narrow-leaved white-topped aster, annual salt-marsh aster


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