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aster

noun
/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

* 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.

  1. derived from ἀστήρ
  2. borrowed from astēr

Definitions

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster

    Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

    • 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.

  2. A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

  3. A star.

    • by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A unisex given name from Latin.

      • Survivors include […] four sons, Albert Lee Rider of Rt. 2, Thomasville, Aster Ray Rider, A. G. Rider and Carl Eugene Rider, all of Rt. 2, Lexington; […]
      • He was the husband of Aster Ann Daugherty, who survives, and a son of the late Shelby and Yettie Wyatt Daugherty.
      • “Bzzmm…Dr. Leigh, I am Aster and this, is my sister Orchidea,” one of the Magi girls introduced and the girls both spread their wings with respectful grace.

    2. A surname.

      • The teacher, Samuel S. Aster, 60, was arrested shortly after midnight Friday after an 8-year-old girl had reported to her parents earlier that day that she had been sexually abused by Mr. Aster during a piano lesson at his Teaneck home.
      • Like many horror movies, this one — the critically lauded, audience-dividing feature debut of Ari Aster — operates by means of a deft counterpoint of curiosity and dread.

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Derived

alpine aster, aromatic aster, aster yellows, asterwort, devilweed aster, asterless, asteroid, azure aster, beach aster, big-leaf aster, blue aster, bog aster, bushy aster, button aster, calico aster, China aster, climbing aster, cornflower aster, East Indies aster, Fall aster, frostweed aster, glaucous aster, golden aster, goldilocks aster, heartleaf aster, Italian aster, large-leaved aster, Mojave-aster, monaster, mountain aster, New England aster, New York aster, panicled aster, prairie aster, purple-stemmed aster, red-stalked aster, rough-leaved aster, rush aster, sandaster, Schreber's aster · +21 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aster. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA