short's aster

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   perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers

   SynonymsAster shortii

   Broaderaster

Questions about short's aster

What does short's aster mean?

short's aster means "perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers".

What is another word for short's aster?

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

short's 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.