Aster (English spelling) Aster chinensis; aster

Japanese: アスター（英語表記）Aster chinensis; aster

An annual plant of the Asteraceae family. Native to northeastern China, it is planted in flower beds for decorative purposes or used as cut flowers. It is known by many names, including Ezogiku (Ezo chrysanthemum), Edogiku (Edo chrysanthemum), and Chosengiku (Korean chrysanthemum). It grows to a height of 30-60 cm and is covered with sparse coarse hairs. The leaves are ovate with irregular sawtooth. From summer to autumn, it produces large flower heads in pale pink, purple, bluish purple, and white. Numerous ray florets are arranged around the edge, and a yellow tubular flower is in the center. The involucre is green and multi-rowed, and somewhat leaf-like, enveloping the flower head. In the past, it was often used as a Buddhist flower, but recently it has become popular as a high-quality cut flower, and Nagano Prefecture is a famous production area. Aster is the genus name for the Aster family, which includes this species, but in the horticultural world, it is often used to refer to this species alone.

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ASTER

A surface-to-air missile being jointly developed by France and Italy. Designed by Eurosam, a joint venture between France's Aérospatiale and Thomson CSF, and Italy's Alenia, with completion scheduled for the late 1990s. There are both land and ship-based systems, based on the Aster 15 for low altitudes and the Aster 30 for medium altitudes, and the boosters can be changed depending on the purpose, allowing for a wide range of applications.

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Astor, John Jacob

Born: July 17, 1763 in Baden
Died March 29, 1848. New York. American fur trader. Founded the American Fur Company in 1808. Founded Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon in 1811. Engaged in China trade from 1800 to 1817, and later engaged in real estate in New York City, making a huge profit.

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Aster, Ernst von

[Born] 1880
[Died] 1948
German philosopher. Influenced by Thor. Lipps and logical positivism, he attempted to establish a new nominalism. His main work is Geschichte der Philosophie (1935).

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Japanese:

キク科の一年草。中国北東部の原産で，観賞用に花壇に植えたり，切り花にする。エゾギク (蝦夷菊) ，エドギク (江戸菊) ，チョウセンギク (朝鮮菊) など多くの呼び名がある。草丈 30～60cmになり，全体にまばらな粗毛がある。葉は卵形で，不規則な鋸歯がある。夏から秋にかけ，淡紅，紫，青紫，白色などの大型の頭花を開く。周辺には多数の舌状花が並び，中心には黄色の管状花がある。総包片は緑色多列で，多少葉状になって頭花を抱く。昔は仏花として多く使われたが，最近は高級切り花として愛好され，長野県が有名な産地である。アスター Asterはこの種を含めてノコンギク，ユウガギクなどノギクの類の属名であるが，園芸界では特にこの種だけをさしていうことが多い。

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フランス，イタリアが共同開発中の地対空ミサイル。 1990年代末完成を目指してフランスのアエロスパシアル社とトムソン CSF，イタリアのアレニア社が共同で設立したユーロサムが設計を担当。陸戦用と艦載用の両システムがあり，それぞれ低空用のアスター 15と中高度用のアスター 30を基本型とし，目的によりブースターを取替えて幅広い用途に適応できる。