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Definition of Aster
1. Noun. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Aster
Specialized synonyms: Wood Aster, Aster Acuminatus, Whorled Aster, Aster Arenosus, Heath Aster, Aster Dumosus, Bushy Aster, Aster Ericoides, Heath Aster, Aster Falcatus, White Prairie Aster, Aster Linarifolius, Stiff Aster, Aster Linosyris, Goldilocks, Goldilocks Aster, Linosyris Vulgaris, Aster Novae-angliae, New England Aster, Aster Novi-belgii, Michaelmas Daisy, New York Aster, Aster Ptarmicoides, Upland White Aster, Aster Shortii, Short's Aster, Aster Tripolium, Sea Aster, Sea Starwort, Aster Turbinellis, Prairie Aster, Annual Salt-marsh Aster, Aromatic Aster, Arrow Leaved Aster, Azure Aster, Bog Aster, Crooked-stemmed Aster, Eastern Silvery Aster, Flat-topped White Aster, Late Purple Aster, Panicled Aster, Perennial Salt Marsh Aster, Purple-stemmed Aster, Rough-leaved Aster, Rush Aster, Schreiber's Aster, Small White Aster, Smooth Aster, Southern Aster, Calico Aster, Starved Aster, Tradescant's Aster, Wavy-leaved Aster, Western Silvery Aster, Willow Aster
2. Noun. Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis.
Definition of Aster
1. n. A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
2. n. A star- shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis.
Definition of Aster
1. Noun. (obsolete) A star. ¹
2. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus ''Aster''; one of its flowers. ¹
3. Noun. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aster
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Aster
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aster
Literary usage of Aster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"aster LAEVIS L. Smooth aster. A species more common than the New England aster and
... A small bushy, autumn flowering, white aster, having its very perfect ..."
2. Report (1913)
"aster. Open woods. Frequent. 434. aster laevis Lin., Var. laevigatus (Hk.) A.
Gr. ... aster. Dry fields and hills. Common. 436. aster lateriflorus (Lin. ..."
3. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"A. ericoides L. White Heath aster. Petoskey, CF Wheeler; Bay Co., GM Bradford;
... Late Purple aster. Diy grounds. Ann Arbor; Macomb Co. SE 2101. ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"aster diffusus var. bifrons A. Gray, Syn. Fl. i: Part 2, 187. 1884. Leaves
linear-elliptic, conspicuously drooping, remotely appressed-serrulate. often with ..."
5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"aster Atticus was formerly employed in diseases of the eye. — Foster, 1890. ...
aster is of efficacy for tumors or inflammations in the groin. ..."
6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"Probably no New England aster has caused more confusion and has been less ...
aster patulus, though then unknown in the wild state, seems to have been ..."
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