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-aster
1- a diminutive or pejorative suffix denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing:
criticaster; poetaster, oleaster.
-aster
2- Chiefly Biology. a combining form with the meaning “star,” used in the formation of compound words:
diaster.
aster
3[ as-ter ]
noun
- any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- a plant of some allied genus, as the China aster.
- Cell Biology. a structure formed in a cell during mitosis, composed of astral rays radiating about the centrosome.
- Furniture. sunflower ( def 2 ).
-aster
1suffix forming nouns
- a person or thing that is inferior or bears only a poor resemblance to what is specified
poetaster
aster
2/ ˈæə /
noun
- any plant of the genus Aster, having white, blue, purple, or pink daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) Compare golden aster
- China astera related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- cytology a group of radiating microtubules that surrounds the centrosome before and during mitosis
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Origin of -aster1
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Origin of -aster1
Origin of -aster2
Example Sentences
The sun-blasted town of Randsburg sprang up virtually overnight, and the area’s largest mine, the Yellow Aster, produced the modern equivalent of more than $25 million over the next 30 years.
His land features five gold mines and shares a fence line with the famed Yellow Aster mine, so he’s confident that there’s plenty of gold beneath the surface.
But high winds have deafened the instruments to the rumblings from deeper magma, says Rick Aster, a geophysicist at Colorado State University.
Aster hopes the new seismic stations will reveal why the lava lake can shift from agitation to years of quiet and why, in earlier times, Erebus erupted more violently.
It’s as if Ari Aster had a leftover prop from “Hereditary” that was gathering dust inside an A24 storage shed and someone decided to insert it into “We Live in Time” just to see if anyone would notice.
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More About Aster
What is anaster?
An aster is a flower with a white, pink, blue, or purple petals around a yellow middle.
The name aster can be used for any plant in the genus Aster. Asters are similar to daisies and are in the same family. They are sometimes called Michaelmas daisies.
Species of asters commonly planted in gardens include those known as the New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae–angliae) and the New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii). Some varieties of asters are used as cut flowers by florists.
The aster is one of the September birth flowers (a flower that’s associated with a particular month in the same way as a birthstone).
Example: We planted asters around the grass in the garden.
Where doesaster come from?
The first records of the word aster come from around 1600. It comes from the Greek ḗr, meaning “star.” Other star-related words are based on the same root, such as astronomy, asteroid, and asterisk. Asters are named for their star-shaped flowers.
Asters are native to Eurasia. They are perennial, herbaceous plants that bloom late in the growing season—sometimes in September, for which they are one of the birth flowers. Asters are often classified as either “wild” or “cultivated.”
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How isaster used in real life?
Asters are popular as garden flowers due to their colorful blooms.
Front garden is shaping up. Trying out some new ideas this year: Jasmine, Dahlias, Aster, Chrysanthemum, Campanula, Rudbeckia, Thyme. Definitely in an experimental phase and loving it. Allium “Millennium” still my favourite and doing well in the spring sun!
— Craig Munro (@craigmunro)
Native New England aster in my late summer backyard garden, super easy and prolific. Start with just a couple of seedlings from a native plant sale, and you're set for years to come. These are a lifesaver for migrating birds,
— Susan (@OneWildLife1)
Blooms of an aster add to the fall color in the Nebraska National Forest near Chadron. The aster is the birth flower for the month of Sept.
— Nebraska Game and Parks (@NEGameandParks)
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True or False?
Asters are related to daisies.
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