English > aster: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers. |
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| Member of | genus Aster | large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers |
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| Narrower | Eastern silvery aster | A variety of aster |
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| Michaelmas daisy, New York aster, Aster novi-belgii | North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers |
| New England aster, Aster novae-angliae | Common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers |
| Schreiber's aster | A variety of aster |
| Short's aster, Aster shortii | perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers |
| Western silvery aster | A variety of aster |
| annual salt-marsh aster | A variety of aster |
| aromatic aster | A variety of aster |
| arrow leaved aster | A variety of aster |
| azure aster | A variety of aster |
| bog aster | A variety of aster |
| bushy aster, Aster dumosus | Stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads |
| crooked-stemmed aster | A variety of aster |
| flat-topped white aster | A variety of aster |
| goldilocks, goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris, Linosyris vulgaris | early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod |
| heath aster, Aster ericoides | Common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers |
| heath aster, Aster arenosus | Common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads |
| late purple aster | A variety of aster |
| panicled aster | A variety of aster |
| perennial salt marsh aster | A variety of aster |
| prairie aster, Aster turbinellis | violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads |
| purple-stemmed aster | A variety of aster |
| rough-leaved aster | A variety of aster |
| rush aster | A variety of aster |
| sea aster, sea starwort, Aster tripolium | A common European aster that grows in salt marshes |
| small white aster | A variety of aster |
| smooth aster | A variety of aster |
| southern aster | A variety of aster |
| starved aster, calico aster | A variety of aster |
| stiff aster, Aster linarifolius | wiry tufted perennial of the eastern United States with stiff erect rough stems, linear leaves and large violet flowers |
| tradescant's aster | A variety of aster |
| upland white aster, Aster ptarmicoides | tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers |
| wavy-leaved aster | A variety of aster |
| white prairie aster, Aster falcatus | perennial of western North America having white flowers |
| whorled aster, Aster acuminatus | North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowers |
| willow aster | A variety of aster |
| wood aster | Any of several asters of eastern North America usually growing in woods |
| Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
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| Spanish | áster |
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| Catalan | àster |
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