aster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: asters
Etymology: From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star, stella, étoile, and estoile.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin, published 2011, page 120:
glosses: Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
examples: text: 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.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94
glosses: A star.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Aster alpinus
word: alpine aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
word: aromatic aster
word: aster yellows
word: asterwort
word: devilweed aster
word: asterless
word: asteroid
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
word: azure aster
taxonomic: Erigeron glaucus
word: beach aster
taxonomic: Eurybia macrophylla
word: big-leaf aster
word: blue aster
taxonomic: Oclemena nemoralis
word: bog aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum dumosum
word: bushy aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum dumosum
word: button aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
word: calico aster
taxonomic: Callistephus chinensis
word: China aster
taxonomic: Ampelaster spp.
word: climbing aster
taxonomic: Stokesia laevis
word: cornflower aster
word: East Indies aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
word: Fall aster
taxonomic: Verbesina virginica
word: frostweed aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum laeve
word: glaucous aster
taxonomic: Heterotheca spp.
word: golden aster
taxonomic: Galatella linosyris
word: goldilocks aster
alt: VSymphyotrichum cordifolium
word: heartleaf aster
taxonomic: Aster amellus
word: Italian aster
taxonomic: Eurybia macrophylla
word: large-leaved aster
taxonomic: Xylorhiza tortifolia
word: Mojave-aster
word: monaster
taxonomic: Canadanthus spp.
word: mountain aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
word: New England aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
word: New York aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
word: panicled aster
word: prairie aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum puniceum
word: purple-stemmed aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum puniceum
word: red-stalked aster
taxonomic: Eurybia radulina
word: rough-leaved aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum boreale
word: rush aster
english: Corethrogyne
translation: Corethrogyne
word: sandaster
taxonomic: Eurybia schreberi
word: Schreber's aster
taxonomic: Tripolium pannonicum
word: sea aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum shortii
word: Short's aster
taxonomic: Chrysopsis graminifolia
word: silver aster
taxonomic: Eurybia compacta
word: slender aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum laeve
word: smooth aster
word: southern aster
word: sperm aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
word: starved aster
taxonomic: Machaeranthera bigelovii
word: sticky aster
taxonomic: Solidago ptarmicoides
word: stiff aster
taxonomic: Stokesia laevis
word: Stokes' aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum puniceum
word: swamp aster
word: tansyaster
word: tansy-leaf aster
word: Tartarian aster
taxonomic: Aster tataricus
word: tatarian aster
taxonomic: Aster tataricus
word: Tatarinow's aster
taxonomic: Aster tradescanti
word: Tradescant's aster
taxonomic: Olearia spp.
word: tree aster
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum undulatum
word: wavy-leaved aster
taxonomic: Eastwoodia elegans
word: yellow aster
Related terms: astro-