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Definitions for Aster
[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] Cell Biology . a structure formed in a cell during mitosis, composed of astral rays radiating about the centrosome.
[4] Furniture . sunflower(def 2) .
[5] a diminutive or pejorative suffix denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing: criticaster; poetaster, oleaster.
[6] Chiefly Biology . a combining form with the meaning “star,” used in the formation of compound words: diaster.
[7] any plant of the genus Aster, having white, blue, purple, or pink daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) Compare golden aster
[8] China aster a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
[9] cytology a group of radiating microtubules that surrounds the centrosome before and during mitosis
[10] a person or thing that is inferior or bears only a poor resemblance to what is specified poetaster
Words nearby Aster
astatic galvanometer, astatide, astatine, astbury, asteatosis, aster, aster yellows, asteraceous, astereognosis, asteriated, asterion
Origin of Aster
-aster2< Greek astḗr star; cf. astro-
Word origin for Aster
-asterfrom Latin: suffix indicating imperfect resemblance