aster
- noun
- /ˈæstər/
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- In the laboratory, scientists observed the aster structure developing as cells entered the mitotic phase.
Examples
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Reginald Quill has been pushing this BigSis aster narrative since at least March 2012.
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During mitosis, the aster forms around the centrosome, helping to organize the spindle fibers.
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The aster is crucial for proper cell division, as it facilitates the separation of chromosomes.
Compounds
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A plant with thick leaves and sticky stems that makes one pink or purple flower on coastal bluffs
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A plant from eastern North America that comes back each year with many small white flowers
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A small North American plant with clusters of tiny white flowers often tinged pink or purple
A North American wildflower with bent stems and small daisy-like flowers
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A small plant with narrow silvery leaves and purple daisy-like flowers that blooms in late summer
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A plant that grows in salt marshes and has small pale purple or white flowers
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A North American wildflower with arrow-shaped leaves and purple flowers
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A North American perennial plant with leaves in circles around the stem and white flowers tinged with purple
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A North American plant that lives for several years and has small white flowers
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A plant that lives many years, grows in woods, has white flowers, and spreads by underground stems
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A plant that lives for many years with heart-shaped leaves and pale blue or white flowers
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A small plant with stiff stems, small leaves, and many tiny white flowers
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A small plant from North America that lives for many years with many branches and small white star-shaped flowers
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A plant that lives for many years with white flowers from western North America
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A small wildflower that lives for several years and has narrow leaves and violet flowers
A plant that lives for many years and blooms early in summer with yellow flower heads
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A tall garden plant with purple daisy-like flowers that bloom in autumn
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A plant from North America that lives for many years and has small purple, pink, or white flowers in autumn
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A low plant that grows in small clumps and has white flowers each year
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A plant that lives for many years and has blue flowers in the southeastern United States
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A plant with violet flowers that blooms every year in the central United States
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A long-lived plant with bright blue daisy-like flowers that blooms in late summer
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A North American plant that lives for many years with flat clusters of small white flowers
A plant that lives for several years with broad leaves and small daisy-like flowers
A wildflower that lives for many years and makes bright yellow, daisy-like flowers
A plant that lives many years and blooms early with yellow flowers like goldenrod
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A plant that lives for many years with thin grass-like leaves and yellow daisy-like flowers
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A plant that comes back every year with yellow flower heads and fine hairs, growing in dry places
A flowering plant with narrow leaves and white flowers at the top
A plant that lives for many years with tall stems and purple or pink flower heads that blooms in autumn
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A wildflower with purple stems and clusters of violet or blue flowers
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A North American plant that lives for many years with rough hairy leaves and purple daisy-like flowers
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A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America
A North American plant that grows for many years with narrow leaves and small white or pale purple daisy-like flowers
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A plant with daisy-like flowers that lives in salt marshes and comes back each year
A plant with violet flowers that grows in the open grasslands of the central United States
A wild North American flower with leaves like a fern and narrow purple petals
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A plant that lives for several years with star-shaped purple or blue flowers
A plant that lives for many years with blue flowers like a daisy from the southeastern United States
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A small plant that comes back each year with white daisy-like flowers
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A North American plant that lives many years with smooth leaves and pale violet flowers
A flowering plant with light purple flowers that grows in the southeastern United States
A tall plant that comes back each year with large blue flowers in the southeastern United States
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A small wild flower with leafy stems and bright purple petals that grows in western US hills
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A plant with upright rough stems, narrow leaves, and large purple flowers that lives for many years
A plant that lives for several years with groups of white flowers in fields or meadows
A North American plant that lives for many years with silvery leaves and purple flowers in grasslands and open woods
A small plant that grows in woods with clusters of white star-shaped flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aster for the cell structure comes from the Greek word aster meaning 'star', like the word asterisk. Its fibers spread out around the center of the cell like a small star, so the name reminds you it is the star-shaped part that helps organize cell division.