/ ˈæstə(r); NAmE / noun
a garden plant that has pink, purple, blue or white flowers with many long narrow petals
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense a star ): via Latin from Greek astēr star.
/ ˈæstə(r); NAmE / noun
a garden plant that has pink, purple, blue or white flowers with many long narrow petals
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense a star ): via Latin from Greek astēr star.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005