Associations to the word «Aster»

Pictures for the word «Aster»

Wiktionary

ASTER, noun. (obsolete) A star.
ASTER, noun. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
ASTER, noun. (biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
ASTER, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae   — the asters.

Dictionary definition

ASTER, noun. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
ASTER, noun. Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley