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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Astereae — theasters .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, of course, the white heath aster, Aster ericoides, is desirable as a mediator among the subtle shades of other asters:
Archive 2008-09-01 Pooky 2008
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Aster comes from a Greek word meaning star, named for the shape of the flower head.
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Research revealed the cause to be a viral like disease called Aster Yellows.
E-China-See-Ya~A Public Service Announcement « Fairegarden 2009
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The Aster is a magnificent flower, -- it seems to be growing better and better each year, if such a thing is possible, -- and nothing else among the annuals compares with it in lasting quality, when cut.
Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover 1882
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This Taurus was also called Aster, and Asterius, as we learn from [1004] Lycophron, and his Scholiast.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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DM Healthcare unfurls new corporate brand identity 'Aster'
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Pursuing legal action against members of the seismological community after an earthquake is unprecedented and reflects a misunderstanding of the science of earthquakes, the president of the Seismological Society of America, Rick Aster, wrote President Giorgio Napolitano.
Manslaughter trial opens against experts for Italy quake 2011
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Several years after this article was published, Knight provided a statement for my book, "Finding Aster."
Dina McQueen: Overpopulation, The Environment and Adoption: An Urgent Call to Action Dina McQueen 2011
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Included in my book, "Finding Aster: Our Ethiopian Adoption Story" February 2011, Inkwater Press, are three appendices, one that focuses on the topic of overpopulation.
Dina McQueen: Overpopulation, The Environment and Adoption: An Urgent Call to Action Dina McQueen 2011
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Pursuing legal action against members of the seismological community after an earthquake is unprecedented and reflects a misunderstanding of the science of earthquakes, the president of the Seismological Society of America, Rick Aster, wrote President Giorgio Napolitano.
Manslaughter trial opens against experts for Italy quake 2011
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