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asters

asters is the plural of aster.

Meaning of aster

Noun

aster (plural asters)

  1. 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.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Penguin, published 2011, page 120
  2. A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
  3. (obsolete) 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., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94

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Phrases with asters

Questions about asters

What is asters the plural of?
Asters is the plural of aster.

Words near asters in the dictionary

  1. asterozoan
  2. asterozoans
  3. asterperious
  4. asterriquinone
  5. asterriquinones
  6. asters
  7. asterseismology
  8. asterwort
  9. asterworts
  10. astew
  11. astexin

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