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ASTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aster" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aster" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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; calico aster; starved aster; tradescant's aster; wavy-leaved aster; Western silvery aster; willow aster (a variety of aster)
wood aster (any of several asters of eastern North America usually growing in woods)
Aster acuminatus; whorled aster (North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowers)
Aster arenosus; heath aster (common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads)
Aster dumosus; bushy aster (stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads)
Aster ericoides; heath aster (common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers)
Aster falcatus; white prairie aster (perennial of western North America having white flowers)
Aster linarifolius; stiff aster (wiry tufted perennial of the eastern United States with stiff erect rough stems, linear leaves and large violet flowers)
Aster linosyris; goldilocks; goldilocks aster; Linosyris vulgaris (early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod)
Aster novae-angliae; New England aster (common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers; a parent of the Michaelmas daisy)
Aster novi-belgii; Michaelmas daisy; New York aster (North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe)
Aster ptarmicoides; upland white aster (tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers)
Aster shortii; Short's aster (perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers)
Aster tripolium; sea aster; sea starwort (a common European aster that grows in salt marshes)
Aster turbinellis; prairie aster (violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads)
annual salt-marsh aster; aromatic aster; arrow leaved aster; azure aster (a variety of aster)
Holonyms ("aster" is a member of...):
genus Aster (large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers)
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