aster
1. [ noun ] (botany) any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
Related terms: flower whorled_aster white_prairie_aster heath_aster bushy_aster Short's_aster prairie_aster stiff_aster goldilocks New_England_aster Michaelmas_daisy upland_white_aster rush_aster Schreiber's_aster small_white_aster annual_salt-marsh_aster aromatic_aster arrow_leaved_aster azure_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 sea_aster heath_aster wood_aster smooth_aster southern_aster starved_aster tradescant's_aster wavy-leaved_aster Western_silvery_aster willow_aster genus_Aster
2. [ noun ] (zoology) star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
Related terms: structure
Similar spelling:   astern
  Asterope
  asteroid
  asternal
  asterism
  asterisk
  asterion
  ashtray
  astor
  astir
  austere
  Astrid
  astray
  astral
  astride
  Astreus
  Astorga
  Astarte