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aster

 
Noun aster has 2 senses
  1. aster - any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
    --1 is a kind of
    flower
    --1 is a member of genus Aster
    --1 has particulars:
     wood aster; whorled aster, Aster acuminatus; heath aster, Aster arenosus; bushy aster, Aster dumosus; heath aster, Aster ericoides; white prairie aster, Aster falcatus; stiff aster, Aster linarifolius; goldilocks, goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris, Linosyris vulgaris; New England aster, Aster novae-angliae; Michaelmas daisy, New York aster, Aster novi-belgii; upland white aster, Aster ptarmicoides; Short's aster, Aster shortii; sea aster, sea starwort, Aster tripolium; prairie aster, Aster turbinellis; annual salt-marsh aster; aromatic aster; arrow leaved aster; azure aster; bog aster; crooked-stemmed aster; Eastern silvery aster; flat-topped white aster; late purple aster; panicled aster; perennial salt marsh aster; purple-stemmed aster; rough-leaved aster; rush aster; Schreiber's aster; small white aster; smooth aster; southern aster; starved aster, calico aster; tradescant's aster; wavy-leaved aster; Western silvery aster; willow aster
  2. aster - star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
    --2 is a kind of
    structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
astatic galvanometer astatical astatical sensed astatically astatine asteer astele asten aster aster acuminatus aster arenosus aster cordifolius aster divaricatus aster dumosus aster ericoides aster falcatus aster family

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