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Italian aster

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noun

  1. a composite plant, Aster amellus, of Eurasia, having clustered, purple flower heads.

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Addison, who was probably unacquainted with the flower described by Virgil, represents the Italian aster as a purple bush, with yellow flowers, instead of telling us that the flower had a yellow disk and purple rays.

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