[mod.L., a. Gr. ἀστέριον starry, f. ἀστήρ star.] † a. Herb. Name of a plant of doubtful identity. b. in Phys. (See quot.)
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., I. 164. Genim þysse wyrte berʓean þe we asterion nemdon.
1614. Markham, Cheap Husb., Table, Asterion, is an Herb growing … on walls. It hath yellow flowers like Foxgloves, and the leaves are round and blewish.
1878. Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthrop., II. ii. 224. Asterion, point behind the mastoid process, where the parietal, occipital and temporal bones meet.
