"asterless" meaning in English

See asterless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From aster + -less. Piecewise doublet of starless. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|aster|less}} aster + -less, {{piecewise doublet|en|starless}} Piecewise doublet of starless Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} asterless (not comparable)
  1. (biology) Without asters (star-shaped structures in cells). Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): liman astereita (Finnish), asteriton (Finnish), asterlos (German)
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