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-aster
-aster suffix forming nouns a person or thing that is inferior or bears only a poor resemblance to what is specified: poetaster. [from Latin: suffix indicating imperfect resemblance]as•ter (ˈæs tər)
n. 1. any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk. 2. a plant of some allied genus, as the China aster. 3. a structure formed in a cell during mitosis, composed of astral rays radiating about the centrosome. [1595–1605; < Latin < Greek astḗr star] -aster1 , a suffix used to form nouns denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing: criticaster; poetaster. [< Latin] -aster2 , a combining form with the meaning “star”: cotoneaster.[< Greek astḗr star; compare astro-]EncyclopediaSeeaster |