Meaning of ASTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'astur
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- [n] star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
- [n] any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
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| | See Also: | | anatomical structure, annual salt-marsh aster, aromatic aster, arrow leaved aster, Aster acuminatus, Aster arenosus, Aster dumosus, Aster ericoides, Aster falcatus, Aster linarifolius, Aster linosyris, Aster novae-angliae, Aster novi-belgii, Aster ptarmicoides, Aster shortii, Aster tripolium, Aster turbinellis, azure aster, bodily structure, body structure, bog aster, bushy aster, calico aster, complex body part, crooked-stemmed aster, Eastern silvery aster, flat-topped white aster, flower, genus Aster, goldilocks, goldilocks aster, heath aster, late purple aster, Linosyris vulgaris, Michaelmas daisy, New England aster, New York aster, panicled aster, perennial salt marsh aster, prairie aster, purple-stemmed aster, rough-leaved aster, rush aster, Schreiber's aster, sea aster, sea starwort, Short's aster, small white aster, smooth aster, southern aster, starved aster, stiff aster, structure, tradescant's aster, upland white aster, wavy-leaved aster, Western silvery aster, white prairie aster, whorled aster, willow aster, wood aster | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\As"ter\, n. (Biol.)
A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in
cells dividing by mitosis.
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| | Definition: | | A star-shaped structure, composed of microtubules, which surrounds the centrioles during mitosis in animals. The aster forms during prophase. The spindle fibers arise gradually between the two asters (at opposite ends of the cell) until they attach to the kinetochores of the centromeres of each chromosome. Asters are not found in vascular plant cells. |
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