OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12722

aster

/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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.
áster
A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
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