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[syn: common daisy, English daisy, Bellis perennis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Marguerite \Mar"gue*rite\, n. [F., a pearl, a daisy. See
Margarite.] (Bot.)
The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also
to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. --Longfellow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Daisy \Dai"sy\ (d[=a]"z[y^]), n.; pl. Daisies (d[=a]"z[i^]z).
[OE. dayesye, AS. d[ae]ges-e['a]ge day's eye, daisy. See
Day, and Eye.] (Bot.)
(a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family
Composit[ae]. The common English and classical daisy is
Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or
pinkish rays.
(b) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant
commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also
oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
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Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of
other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.
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Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of
which there are many species.
Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy
(b) .
[1913 Webster] daisybush
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Bellis perennis
n 1: low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers
and pinkish-white outer ray flowers [syn: common daisy,
English daisy, Bellis perennis]