aster

noun3

1. •
   Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

   • On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A. — 1969
2. •
   A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
3. •
   (no longer used) A star.

   • by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters [translating astres] and planets are caused and transported. — 2006