Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aster

2 senses of aster

Sense 1
aster -- (any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers)
       => flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Sense 2
aster -- (star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis)
       => structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure -- (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure")