Aster vs. Daisy: What's the Difference?

Any of various plants of the genus Aster or closely related genera in the composite family, having radiate flower heads with white, pink, or violet rays and usually a yellow disk.

A widely naturalized Eurasian plant (Leucanthemum vulgare syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) having flower heads with a yellow center and white rays. Also called oxeye daisy, white daisy.

The China aster.

A low-growing plant (Bellis perennis) native to Europe and widely naturalized, having flower heads with white or pinkish rays. Also called English daisy.

(Biology) A star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of an animal cell during mitosis, having raylike microtubules that surround the centrosome.

The flower head of any of these plants.

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

(Slang) One that is deemed excellent or notable.

(biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.

A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals

(obsolete) A star.

Many other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.

A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.

(Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.

A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.

A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositæ. The common English and classical daisy is Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis.

Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers

Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis