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aster
aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster ( Callistephus chinensis ), all members of the family Asteraceae (aster o... Read more
sepal
sepal a modified leaf, part of the outermost of the four groups of flower parts. The sepals of a flower are collectively called the calyx and act as a protective covering of the inner flower parts in the bud. Sepals are usually green, but in some flowers (e.g., the lily and the orchid) they are t... Read more
arnica
arnica , any plant of the genus Arnica, yellow-flowered perennials of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), native to north temperate and arctic regions. In North America, arnicas grow in woody areas of the plains region and the Pacific coast, northward to arctic Alaska. Medicinal preparations f... Read more
compass plant
compass plant or rosinweed, large, coarse North American perennial herb ( Silphium laciniatum ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), found chiefly in open grasslands. The deeply cut leaves tend to point north and south. It has been used medicinally and is sometimes cultivated. Other plant... Read more
coreopsis
coreopsis , or tickseed, names for species of Coreopsis, a chiefly North American genus of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). They are easily cultivated annuals or perennials with daisylike heads of flowers in various colors—commonly yellow or variegated. Garden kinds are sometimes ... Read more
goatsbeard
goatsbeard common name for plants of the genus Tragopogon (see salsify ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family) and of the genus Aruncus of the family Rosaceae ( rose family), related to the spiraeas. False goatsbeard, a saxifrage, is named for its resemblance to Aruncus. The two familie... Read more
oxeye
oxeye name for several plants, e.g., the oxeye daisy and black-eyed Susan , but particularly for two genera: Heliopsis, native to North America, and Buphthalmum, native to Europe and W Asia but cultivated elsewhere. Both are perennials of the family Asteraceae ( aster family) and are grown ... Read more
safflower
safflower Eurasian thistlelike herb ( Carthamus tinctorius ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). Safflower, or false saffron, has long been cultivated in S Asia and Egypt for food and medicine and as a costly but inferior substitute for the true saffron dye. In the United States, where it ... Read more
daisy
daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United States English daisy. This is a low European plant, cultivated in the United States mostly in the double form, ... Read more
artichoke
artichoke name for two different plants of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), both having edible parts. The French, or globe, artichoke ( Cynara scolymus ) is a thistlelike plant of which the globular flower heads are used in the immature state as a salad or vegetable; only the lower part of t... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "aster"

aster
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster ( Callistephus...
Composite Family (Compositaceae)
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...Family (Compositaceae) The composite or aster family (Asteraceae) is one of the largest...The most species-rich genera in the aster family are Senecio (about 1, 500 species...600 species). Various members of the aster family are familiar species in natural...
daisy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis...synonym for the black-eyed Susan ; Michaelmas daisy, for an aster . The seaside daisy and daisy fleabane are species of the fleabane...
sepal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...green leaflike structures at the base of the flower head in the aster family are not true sepals but bracts; the sepals are modified...a circle of tiny white hairs on the ovary (the pappus; see aster ). The sepals are sometimes fused into a tube around the base...
fleabane
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Erigeron, widely distributed herbs of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), especially abundant in temperate and mountainous...sometimes other species), widespread weeds, and the beach aster, or seaside daisy ( E. glaucus ), of the Pacific coast...
robin's plantain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition robin's plantain , common name of several plants belonging to the family Asteraceae ( aster family). Robin's plantain, also known as hawkweed, of the genus Hieracium, is mostly native to South America and Europe...
rabbitbrush
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition rabbitbrush name for shrubby plants of the American genus Chrysothamnus of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). They grow in arid regions of the W United States and in Mexico and are characteristic chaparral plants. The latex found...
ragweed
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ragweed any plant of the genus Ambrosia, coarse, weedy herbs belonging to the family Asteraceae ( aster family), most of which are native to America. They have inconspicuous greenish flowers and soft subdivided leaves. Ragweeds...
marigold
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition marigold any plant of the genus Tagetes of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), mostly Central and South American herbs cultivated elsewhere as garden flowers. The two common species of marigold...
goldenrod
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition goldenrod any species of the large genus Solidago of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), chiefly North American weedy herbs. They have small yellow flowers clustered, often in panicles, along a wandlike...

Dictionary entries related to "aster"

aster
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2C8;astər / • n. 1. a plant (genus Aster ) of the daisy family that has bright rayed flowers, typically purple or pink. Many species, including the New England aster ( A. novae-angliae ), bloom in autumn. 2. Biol. a star...
Aster
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Aster (family Compositae ) A genus of mostly perennial herbs in which the leaves are simple and spirally arranged, the flower heads...
-aster
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology -aster repr. L. - āster (whence F. -âtre ), suffix of sbs. and adjs. expressing incomplete resemblance, and...
Easter
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...Gmc. * Austrōn- (rel. to prec.). Several OE. comps. of the comb. form Ēaster- survive: Ēasterǣfen Easter Eve, Ēasterdæg Easter Day, Ēastersunnand...
Michaelmas daisy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Michaelmas daisy See ASTER .
centriole
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing centriole ( sen -tri-ohl) n. a small particle found in the cytoplasm of cells, near the nucleus. Centrioles are involved in the formation of the spindle and aster during cell division.
star
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...stjarna , Goth stairnō ), f. IE. * ster- * stēr- , repr by L. stēlla (:- * sterlā ), Gr. astḗr ( aster- ), ástron . Hence starry ( -Y1 XIV. star-gazer XVI; see GAZE .
cotoneaster
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology cotoneaster genus of rosaceous trees. XVIII. f. L. cotōneum QUINCE ; see -ASTER .
asterisk
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology asterisk XVII. — late L. asteriscus — Gr. asterískos , dim. of astḗr STAR .
pom-pom
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...cluster of brightly colored strands of yarn or plastic, waved in pairs by cheerleaders. ∎  a dahlia, chrysanthemum, or aster with small tightly clustered petals: [as adj. ] miniature, pompom, and border dahlias.

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