aster family

What does aster family mean?

aster family means "plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia".

What is another word for aster family?

Close synonyms include Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aster family a common word?

aster family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for aster family come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.