Definition of Sea aster

1. Noun. A common European aster that grows in salt marshes.

Exact synonyms: Aster Tripolium, Sea Starwort
Generic synonyms: Aster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Aster

sea-weeds
sea-worthy
sea acorn
sea acorns
sea adder
sea amenone
sea anchor
sea anchors
sea anemone
sea anemones
sea animal
sea ape
sea apple
sea arrow
sea ash
sea aster (current term)
sea barrow
sea bat
sea bathing
sea bean
sea bear
sea beast
sea bed
sea beds
sea bird
sea birds
sea biscuit
sea blite

Literary usage of Sea aster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wild flowers worth notice by Phebe Lankester (1879)
"THE sea aster, or Sea Starwort, is a pretty plant, found growing in salt marshes, near the coast, and belong to the family Compositae. ..."

2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1892)
"... there is a large extent of waste land, some 300 acres I should think, which is overgrown by a variety of wild plants, such as ragwort, sea-aster, ..."

3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"sea aster. St. paniculate, much branched from the base ; 1rs. long, linear, very acute, Ihe uppermost subulate; intuì, cylindric with subulate scales ..."

4. Class Book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"... L. sea aster. St. paniculate, much branched from the base ; Ivf. lony, linear, very acute, the uppermost subulate; in vol. cylindric, with subulate ..."

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