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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AS'TER, n. [Gr.] A genus of plants, with compound flowers, many of which are cultivated for their beauty, particularly the China Aster. The species are very numerous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1664 1. [New Latin, from Latin, aster, from Greek aster-, ast?r star, aster — more at star] a. any of various chiefly fall-blooming leafy-stemmed composite herbs (Aster and closely related genera) with often showy heads containing disk flowers or both disk and ray flowers b. China aster 2. [New Latin, from Greek aster-, ast?r] a system of microtubules arranged radially about a centriole at either end of the mitotic or meiotic spindle

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any composite plant of the genus Aster, with bright daisy-like flowers, e.g. the Michaelmas daisy. Phrases and idioms: China aster a related plant, Callistephus chinensis, cultivated for its bright and showy flowers. Etymology: L f. Gk aster star

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aster As"ter, n. (Biol.) A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.