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Aster

Noun CEFR B1
ˈæs.tə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
  2. A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
  3. A star.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Españoláster
Françaisaster
DeutschAster
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Examples

“On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set⟳ out for Ladoga, N.A.”
“by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

aster yellows asterane astereognosia astereognosis Asteria asteriacerebroside

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