Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aster \As"ter\, n. (Biol.)
A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in
cells dividing by mitosis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aster \As"ter\ ([a^]s"t[~e]r), n. [L. aster aster, star, Gr.
'asth`r star. See {Star}.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish
flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
2. (Floriculture) A plant of the genus {Callistephus}. Many
varieties (called {China asters}, {German asters}, etc.)
are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aster
n 1: any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus
Aster with showy daisylike flowers
2: star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell
having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome
during mitosis
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