Lewis Short
aster (noun M) = ἀστήρ: .
* A star, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14.
* Esp.
* Aster Atticus, the Italian starwort, aster: Aster amellus, Linn.: aster ab aliquis bubonion appellatur,Plin. 27, 5, 19, § 36; App. Herb. 60.
* Aster Samius, a kind of Samian earth, whose nature and healing power are described in Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary