Aster

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɑːstÉ™(r)/
• Rhymes: -æstÉ™(r)

Origin

From Latin aster, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ.

Full definition of aster

Noun

1. (obsolete) A star.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays (Montaigne), Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 94:by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters and planets are caused and transported.
2. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
• 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin 2011, p. 120: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.
3. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

Derived terms

• asteroid
• China aster ()

Related terms

• astro-

Anagrams

• arste, rates, resat, setar, stare, tares, tarse, taser, Taser, tears, teras