/ˈæs.tə(ɹ)/
OriginFrom Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr). Doublet of star; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
- 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.”
- A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
- obsoleteA 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.”
Formsasters(plural)