aster
ĕris, m.
I.
A star, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14.—
II.
Esp.
A.
Aster Atticus, the Italian starwort, aster: Aster amellus, Linn.: aster ab aliquis bubonion appellatur, Plin. 27, 5, 19, § 36; App. Herb. 60.—
B.
Aster Samius, a kind of Samian earth, whose nature and healing power are described in Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191.