Aster

See also: aster, áster, åster, aster-, and -aster

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

From Latin aster (“star”) because of the shape of its flowers, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Proper noun edit

Aster m

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – asters.

Hypernyms edit

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Astereae - tribe

Hyponyms edit

(genus): Aster amellus (Michaelmas daisy) - type species; for the many species see Aster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References edit

Aster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988.
^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

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Etymology edit

From Latin aster (“star”).

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Proper noun edit

Aster ?

a male given name from Latin

Related terms edit

asteroïde
astraal (adjective)

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stare

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a flower of the species Aster tataricus (Tatarian aster)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin astēr (“star”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈastɐ/
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Noun edit

Aster f (genitive Aster, plural Astern)

(botany) aster (any of several plants of the genus Aster)
Synonym: Sternenblume
- 1809, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 9, in Die Wahlverwandschaften [Elective Affinities]‎^[1], part 2:
  Alle sogenannten Sommergewächse, alles, was im Herbst mit Blühen nicht enden kann und sich der Kälte noch keck entgegenentwickelt, Astern besonders, waren in der größten Mannigfaltigkeit gesäet und sollten nun, überallhin verpflanzt, einen Sternhimmel über die Erde bilden.
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Declension edit

Declension of Aster [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Aster	die	Astern
genitive	einer	der	Aster	der	Astern
dative	einer	der	Aster	den	Astern
accusative	eine	die	Aster	die	Astern

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Asteroid

Proper noun edit

Aster

a male given name from Latin

Aster

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