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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aster \As"ter\, n. (Biol.) A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aster \As"ter\ ([a^]s"t[~e]r), n. [L. aster aster, star, Gr 'asth`r star. See {Star}.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy. 2. (Floriculture) A plant of the genus {Callistephus}. Many varieties (called {China asters}, {German asters}, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aster n 1: any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers 2: star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
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