- aster purple
- noun
: a deep purplish red that is bluer and deeper than American beauty, redder and duller than magenta (sense 2a), and bluer and less strong than hollyhock
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Aster alpinus — Taxobox | name = Aster alpinus image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Compositae tribus = Astereae genus = Aster species = A. alpinus binomial = Aster alpinus binomial… … Wikipedia
Aster tripolium — Taxobox | name = Aster tripolium image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Astereae genus = Aster species = A. tripolium binomial = Aster tripolium binomial … Wikipedia
aster — [ astə] noun a plant of a large genus that includes the Michaelmas daisy, with characteristic purple or pink rayed flowers. [Genus Aster: numerous species.] Origin C17: via L. from Gk astēr star … English new terms dictionary
aster — UK [ˈæstə(r)] / US [ˈæstər] noun [countable] Word forms aster : singular aster plural asters a plant with small white, purple, or pink flowers … English dictionary
Aster acuminatus — noun North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple tinged flowers • Syn: ↑whorled aster • Hypernyms: ↑aster … Useful english dictionary
Aster novi-belgii — noun North American perennial herb having small autumn blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe • Syn: ↑Michaelmas daisy, ↑New York aster • Hypernyms: ↑aster … Useful english dictionary
purple-stemmed aster — noun a variety of aster • Hypernyms: ↑aster … Useful english dictionary
purple-top — noun also purple top wilt : an insect transmitted and often fatal disease of potato plants caused by the same virus that produces aster yellows and characterized by a purplish or chlorotic discoloration of the top shoots, swelling of axillary… … Useful english dictionary
aster — as|ter [ æstər ] noun count a plant with small white, purple, or pink flowers … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
New England aster — noun common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers; a parent of the Michaelmas daisy • Syn: ↑Aster novae angliae • Hypernyms: ↑aster * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized N&E : a common perennial aster (Aster novae… … Useful english dictionary
