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aster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.

Meanings

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. 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin, published 2011, page 120:
2. A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
3. (obsolete) A star.
   • 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. , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94

Forms

Deriveds

tree aster · beach aster · Stokes' aster · tansy-leaf aster · red-stalked aster · tatarian aster · sea aster · monaster · mountain aster · sperm aster · East Indies aster · Fall aster · Short's aster · swamp aster · rush aster · asterwort · bushy aster · cornflower aster · asterless · aster leafhopper · wavy-leaved aster · Mojave-aster · purple-stemmed aster · tansyaster · large-leaved aster · alpine aster · Tartarian aster · Italian aster · goldilocks aster · Tradescant's aster · button aster · rough-leaved aster · glaucous aster · panicled aster · Tatarinow's aster · bog aster · Schreber's aster · starved aster · sticky aster · calico aster · silver aster · stiff aster · azure aster · big-leaf aster · New York aster · devilweed aster · slender aster · aromatic aster · southern aster · blue aster · heartleaf aster · sandaster · prairie aster · asteroid · climbing aster · aster yellows · frostweed aster · New England aster · golden aster · China aster · smooth aster · yellow aster

Descendants

astero · aster

Relateds

astro-

Translations (36)

pt áster (star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell) · ro aster (plant) · cmn 紫菀 (plant) · id aster (plant) · ja シオン (plant) · uk а́йстра (plant) · cs astra (plant) · es aster (plant) · ja 嫁菜 (plant) · hu őszirózsa (plant) · cs hvězdnice (plant) · ko 과꽃 (plant) · el αστέρας (plant) · cy blodyn Mihangel (plant) · ja ヨメナ (plant) · grc ἀστερίσκος (plant) · fi asteri (plant) · pt áster (plant) · sv aster (plant) · ja 紫苑 (plant) · fi saunio (plant) · de Aster (plant) · fi asteri (star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell) · tr yıldızpatı (plant) · it astro (plant) · bg димитровче (plant) · ru а́стра (plant) · ca àster (plant) · es áster (star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell) · eo astero (plant) · cmn 翠菊 (plant) · pl aster (plant) · bg богородичка (plant) · ga astar (plant) · cy serenllys (plant) · fr aster (plant)