Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
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ˈæstə(ɹ)
Noun
Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
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On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.
A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
A star.
Usage- Obsolete
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by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported.
Noun
any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
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star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis