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noun(as-ter)any of various chiefly fall-blooming leafy-stemmed composite herbs (Aster and closely related genera) with often showy heads containing disk flowers or both disk and ray flowers
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noun(as-ter)china aster
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noun(as-ter)a system of microtubules arranged radially about a centriole at either end of the mitotic or meiotic spindle
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noun suffix(as-ter)one that is inferior or not genuine
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plural noun(as-ter)a widespread disease affecting more than 40 families of plants, characterized especially by yellowing and stunting, and caused by a phytoplasma transmitted by leafhoppers
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noun(as-ter)a common annual garden aster (Callistephus chinensis) native to northern China that occurs in many showy forms
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noun(as-ter)a perennial composite herb (Stokesia laevis) of the southern U.S. often grown for its large showy heads of usually blue flowers