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STICKY ASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sticky aster mean? 

STICKY ASTER (noun)
  The noun STICKY ASTER has 1 sense:

1. wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizonaplay

  Familiarity information: STICKY ASTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STICKY ASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Machaeranthera bigelovii; sticky aster

Hypernyms ("sticky aster" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("sticky aster" is a member of...):

genus Machaeranthera; Machaeranthera (wildflowers of western North America)


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