aster shortii

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   perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers

   SynonymsShort's aster

   Broaderaster

Questions about aster shortii

What does aster shortii mean?

aster shortii means "perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers".

What is another word for aster shortii?

Close synonyms include Short's aster. 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 shortii a common word?

aster shortii 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.