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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024as•ter /ˈæstɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya plant having rays of white, pink, or blue around a yellow disk.
See -astro-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Chi′na as′ter, - Plant Biologyan asterlike composite plant, Callistephus chinensis, cultivated in numerous varieties having white, yellow, blue, red, or purple flowers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•ter (as′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Plant Biologya plant of some allied genus, as the China aster.
- Cell Biologya structure formed in a cell during mitosis, composed of astral rays radiating about the centrosome.
- FurnitureFurniture. sunflower (def. 2).
- Greek asté̄r star
- Latin
- 1595–1605
- a diminutive or pejorative suffix denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing: criticaster;
poetaster, oleaster.
-aster2 ,- [Chiefly Biol.]a combining form with the meaning "star,'' used in the formation of compound words: diaster.
- Greek asté̄r star; compare astro-
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aster /ˈæstə/ n - any plant of the genus Aster, having white, blue, purple, or pink daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- China aster ⇒ a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Latin aster star, from Greek |