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noun
1.
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
2.
a plant of some allied genus, as the China aster.
3.
Cell Biology. a structure formed in a cell during mitosis, composed of astral rays radiating about the centrosome.
4.
Furniture. sunflower (def. 2).
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Aster
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-aster
1a diminutive or pejorative suffix denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing: criticaster; poetaster, oleaster.
Origin:
< Latin
< Latin
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| aster (ˈæstə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare golden aster any plant of the genus Aster, having white, blue, purple, or pink daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) |
| 2. | China aster a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers |
| 3. | cytology a group of radiating microtubules that surrounds the centrosome before and during mitosis |
| [C18: from New Latin, from Latin aster star, from Greek] | |
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Word Origin & History
Aster
flower genus, 1706, from L. aster "star" (see star); so called for the radiate heads of the flowers.
EXPAND-aster
suffix expressing incomplete resemblance (e.g. poetaster), usually dim. and deprecatory, from L., from Gk. -aster, suffix originally forming nouns from verbs ending in -azein, later generalized as a pejorative suffix, e.g. patraster "he who plays the father."
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Medical Dictionary
aster as·ter (ās'tər)
n.
See astrosphere.
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