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Meaning of aster in English
Pronunciation
/ˈæstər/
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Noun
aster
Etymology
early 17th century (in the sense ‘a star’): via Latin from Greek astēr‘star’
Definitions
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