prairie aster

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   violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads

   SynonymsAster turbinellis

   Broaderaster

Questions about prairie aster

What does prairie aster mean?

prairie aster means "violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads".

What is another word for prairie aster?

Close synonyms include Aster turbinellis. 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 prairie aster a common word?

prairie aster 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.