Aster
//ˈæs.tə(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis wordnet
- 3 A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
- 4 any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers wordnet
- 5 A star. obsolete
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
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