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Definition: Aster |
AsterNoun1. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers. 2. Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1825. (references) |
Etymology: Aster \As"ter\ ([a^]s"t[~e]r), noun. [Latin aster aster, star, Greek 'asth`r star. See Star.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Moreover, in cells undergoing division, the centrosomes, asters, spindles and chromosomes may be observed. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Species include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aster."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ASTER | English | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer | Geography, Transportation |
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Movie/TV Titles | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Aster - Aster tenuifolia at the Sage Lot Pond. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Aster vialis, commonly known as Wayside Aster. Credit: Russ Holmes. |
 | Aster Scopulorum. Credit: Ron Halvorson. |  | Medium shot of wayside aster (Aster vialis). Credit: Russ Holmes. |
 | Common California Aster. Credit: Richard Bjerkuig. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Aster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "Aster" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.86% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "aster": aromatic aster ♦ arrow leaved aster ♦ aster acuminatus ♦ aster arenosus ♦ aster cordifolius ♦ aster divaricatus ♦ aster dumosus ♦ aster ericoides ♦ aster falcatus ♦ aster family ♦ aster key ♦ aster linarifolius ♦ aster linosyris ♦ aster macrophyllus ♦ aster ptarmicoides ♦ aster shortii ♦ aster Tripolium ♦ aster turbinellis ♦ azure aster ♦ beach aster ♦ bog aster ♦ bushy aster ♦ calico aster ♦ China aster ♦ cornflower aster ♦ eastern silvery aster ♦ genus Aster ♦ golden aster ♦ goldilocks aster ♦ hairy golden aster ♦ heath aster ♦ late purple aster ♦ Maryland golden aster ♦ mojave aster ♦ new England aster ♦ new York aster ♦ panicled aster ♦ perennial salt marsh aster ♦ prairie aster ♦ prairie golden aster ♦ rush aster ♦ Schreiber's aster ♦ sea aster ♦ Short's aster ♦ sickleweed golden aster ♦ small white aster ♦ smooth aster ♦ southern aster ♦ starved aster ♦ sticky aster ♦ stiff aster ♦ stokes' aster ♦ tansy leaf aster ♦ tradescant's aster ♦ upland white aster ♦ Western silvery aster ♦ white prairie aster ♦ white wood aster ♦ whorled aster ♦ willow aster ♦ wood aster. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "aster": dis-aster, dish-aster, sea-aster. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
aster | 300 | aster herbals | 5 |
aster flower | 71 | aster purple | 5 |
aster shoes | 42 | aster mark | 5 |
8 aster | 18 | aster care | 4 |
aster aweke | 16 | aster novae angliae | 4 |
aster china | 15 | aster ericoides | 4 |
new england aster | 13 | aster monch | 4 |
stokes aster | 12 | aster panicled | 4 |
aster plant | 12 | aster blue | 3 |
aster flower picture | 10 | aster novi belgii | 3 |
aster jack | 10 | growing aster | 3 |
aster city | 8 | aster live steam | 3 |
aster dome purple | 8 | wild aster | 3 |
aster perennial | 7 | associate aster document series trade | 3 |
picture of aster | 7 | aster dumosus | 3 |
aster yellow | 6 | aster fred | 3 |
aster house london | 6 | aster foto | 3 |
aster child shoes | 5 | aster sandal | 3 |
hotel aster | 5 | aster awoke | 3 |
associate aster | 5 | aster lake | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "aster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | aster. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aster. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأسطر النجمية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blackfoot | ksikkapístsisskitsi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | богородичка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 菊. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | astra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | asters (starwort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aster (starwort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | astero. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مینا, گل مینا, گل ستاره ای , ستاره (Shiner, Star). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asteri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aster. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aster (China aster, starwort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βασιλική μαργαρίτα (China aster), μαργαρίτα (daisy, oxeye), άστερ άνοιξης (starwort), άστερ θέρους (starwort), αστράκι (China aster), αστήρ (ester, star, starfish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | õszirózsa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | astro (celestial body, star), astero (starwort), pratellina doppia (China aster), margherita (Daisy, Marguerite, print wheel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 野菊 (wild chrysanthemum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のぎく (to except, to exclude, to look in, to peek in, to peep in, to remove, to stick out, wild chrysanthemum), よめな. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roltag (star), lus yn 'Eaill Vaayl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asteray áster (starwort). (various references) ochiul boului (ox-eye). (various references) астра (Michaelmas daisy). (various references) astra. (various references) aster. (various references) aster. (various references) yıldızçiçeği (dahlia), pat (bang, blip, flump, phut, plump, pop, thud), dalya (dahlia). (various references) айстра (starwort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | callistephus sinensis, Chrysanthemum maximum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aster": asteria, asterias, asteriated, asterisk, asterisked, asterisking, asteriskless, asterisks, asterism, asterisms, astern, asternal, asteroid, asteroidal, asteroids, asters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aster": alabaster, bandmaster, baster, blaster, boaster, breakfaster, broadcaster, burgomaster, bushmaster, cadaster, caster, chaster, choirmaster, coaster, concertmaster, cotoneaster, criticaster, cytaster, diaster, disaster, dockmaster, drillmaster, easter, faster, feaster, forecaster, gaster, grandmaster, harbormaster, headmaster, housemaster, ironmaster, laster, linecaster, loadmaster, master, newscaster, northeaster, oleaster, overmaster, paster, paymaster, piaster, pilaster, pinaster, plaster, poetaster, postmaster, quartermaster, quizmaster, raster. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aster": alabasters, bandmasters, basters, blasters, boasters, breakfasters, broadcasters, burgomasters, bushmasters, cadasters, casters, choirmasters, coasters, concertmasters, cotoneasters, criticasters, cytasters, diastereoisomer, diastereoisomeric, diastereoisomerism, diastereoisomerisms, diastereoisomers, diastereomer, diastereomeric, diastereomers, diasters, disasters, dockmasters, drillmasters, easterlies, easterly, eastern, easterner, easterners, easternmost, easters, fasters, feasters, forecasters, gasters, grandmasters, harbormasters, headmasters, headmastership, headmasterships, housemasters, ironmasters, lasters, linecasters, loadmasters, mastered. (additional references) | |
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"Aster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acter, acteur, aiter, Alster, alstoe, Amsteg, amster, apter, Arsten, ascer, Asdex, Asdir, Asef, aser, asert, asett, asper, asta, astair, Astar, Astberg, Aste, astec, asteem, astere, Asteri, astero, astery, astew, astia, astik, Astler, asto, astr, Astre, Astrel, asture, atear, ater, Aterk, Ausperg, austre, auteer, auter, autre, avtur, aystere, azer, eastre, Isteri, jaster, Kastar, Kaster, ostar, oster, sagster, satar, sater, satre, satur, sterr, uster. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aster" (pronounced a"ster) |
| 4 | a" s t er | blaster, caster, Castor, disaster, faster, Gaster, grandmaster, headmaster, laster, master, oleaster, paster, pastor, pilaster, plaster, raster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, banister, bannister, barrister, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, hamster, harvester, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, ouster, oyster, pester, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rates, stare, tares, tears. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, rase, rate, rats, rest, rets, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, star, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar. | |
-2 letters: are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tea. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: afters, airest, alerts, alters, antres, aretes, armets, arrest, artels, assert, astern, asters, averts, barest, baster, breast, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, daters, derats, earths, easter, eaters, ersatz, estral, estray, extras, faster, gaster, grates, greats, haters, hearts, laster, master, maters, matres, oaters, orates, paster, paters, prates, ramets, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, rawest, reacts, reatas, recast, repast, reseat, retags, salter, satire, seater, skater, slater, stager, staler, stared, starer, stares, starve, stater, stayer, stelar, sterna, strafe, strake, streak, stream, striae, tabers, takers, talers, tamers, tapers, targes, tarres, taster, taters, tawers, taxers, teaser, terais, terras, tetras, traces, trades, trapes, traves, treads, treats, urates, vaster, waster, waters, yarest. | |
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