name
Meaning 1
A unisex given name from Latin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
aster
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
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name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
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noun
Meaning 4
A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A star.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
noun
Meaning 7
any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: wood aster, whorled aster, Aster acuminatus, heath aster, Aster arenosus, bushy aster, Aster dumosus, Aster ericoides, white prairie aster, Aster falcatus, stiff aster, Aster linarifolius, goldilocks, goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris, Linosyris vulgaris, New England aster, Aster novae-angliae, Michaelmas daisy, New York aster, Aster novi-belgii, upland white aster, Aster ptarmicoides, Short's aster, Aster shortii, sea aster, sea starwort, Aster tripolium, prairie aster, Aster turbinellis, 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, rush aster, Schreiber's aster, small white aster, smooth aster, southern aster, starved aster, calico aster, tradescant's aster, wavy-leaved aster, Western silvery aster, willow aster
History
Etymology
From aster (“a plant of the genus Aster”) and its etymon Latin astēr (“a star”).
* From German Aster, originating as a nickname from Middle High German agelster (“a magpie”), owing to the bird being known especially in the Middle Ages for mischievous tricks. * A variant of Easter.
From Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: богородичка (bogorodička) — plant
- Bulgarian: димитровче (dimitrovče) — plant
- Catalan: àster — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 翠菊 (cuìjú) — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 紫菀 (zǐwǎn) — plant
- Czech: hvězdnice — plant
- Czech: astra — plant
- Esperanto: astero — plant
- Finnish: asteri — plant
- Finnish: saunio — plant
- French: aster — plant
- German: Aster — plant
- Greek: αστέρας (astéras) — plant
- Ancient Greek: ἀστερίσκος (asterískos) — plant
- Hungarian: őszirózsa — plant
- Indonesian: aster — plant
- Irish: astar — plant
- Italian: astro — plant
- Japanese: 嫁菜 (yomena) — plant
- Japanese: ヨメナ (yomena) — plant
- Japanese: 紫苑 (shion) — plant
- Japanese: シオン (shion) — plant
- Korean: 과꽃 (gwakkot) — plant
- Polish: aster — plant
- Portuguese: áster — plant
- Romanian: aster — plant
- Russian: а́стра (ástra) — plant
- Spanish: aster — plant
- Swedish: aster — plant
- Turkish: yıldızpatı — plant
- Ukrainian: а́йстра (ájstra) — plant
- Welsh: serenllys — plant
- Welsh: blodyn Mihangel — plant
- Finnish: asteri — star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell
- Portuguese: áster — star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell
- Spanish: áster — star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell
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