Aster
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aster"
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin astēr (“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
editAster 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.
Dutch
editEtymology
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Proper noun
editAster ?
- a male given name from Latin
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editGerman
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Latin astēr (“star”). Doublet of Star and Stern.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editAster 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
editDeclension of Aster [feminine]
Related terms
editDescendants
editProper noun
editAster
- a male given name from Latin
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