aster
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Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers (synset 111952387)
is a type of: flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomssubtypes:
- wood aster - any of several asters of eastern North America usually growing in woods
- aster acuminatus, whorled aster - North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowers
- aster arenosus, heath aster - common North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small white flower heads
- aster dumosus, bushy aster - stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads
- aster ericoides, heath aster - common much-branched North American perennial with heathlike foliage and small starry white flowers
- aster falcatus, white prairie aster - perennial of western North America having white flowers
- aster linarifolius, stiff aster - wiry tufted perennial of the eastern United States with stiff erect rough stems, linear leaves and large violet flowers
- aster linosyris, goldilocks, goldilocks aster, linosyris vulgaris - early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod
- aster novae-angliae, new england aster - common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers; a parent of the Michaelmas daisy
- aster novi-belgii, michaelmas daisy, new york aster - North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe
- aster ptarmicoides, upland white aster - tufted rigid North American perennial with loose clusters of white flowers
- aster shortii, short's aster - perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers
- aster tripolium, sea aster, sea starwort - a common European aster that grows in salt marshes
- aster turbinellis, prairie aster - violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads
- 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
- crooked-stemmed aster - a variety of aster
- eastern silvery aster - a variety of aster
- flat-topped white aster - a variety of aster
- late purple aster - a variety of aster
- panicled aster - a variety of aster
- perennial salt marsh aster - a variety of aster
- purple-stemmed aster - a variety of aster
- rough-leaved aster - a variety of aster
- rush aster - a variety of aster
- schreiber's aster - a variety of aster
- small white aster - a variety of aster
- smooth aster - a variety of aster
- southern aster - a variety of aster
- calico aster, starved aster - a variety of aster
- tradescant's aster - a variety of aster
- wavy-leaved aster - a variety of aster
- western silvery aster - a variety of aster
- willow aster - a variety of aster
belongs to: genus aster - large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers -
Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis (synset 105453582)
is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
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