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Marguerite, for French women thus named, use MargaretMarguerite. For French women thus named, use Margaret.marguerite, in botanymarguerite: see daisy daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United States English daisy...... Click the link for more information. . margueriteAny of several genera of golden daisylike flowers in the composite family. Yellow or white ray flowers and yellow disk flowers are borne in the compact flower heads. Marguerites are cultivated as garden ornamentals, especially golden marguerite, also called yellow chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria). See also chamomile, daisy. marguerite 1. a cultivated garden plant, Chrysanthemum frutescens, whose flower heads have white or pale yellow rays around a yellow disc: family Asteraceae (composites) 2. any of various related plants with daisy-like flowers, esp C. leucanthemum Marguerite borne to heaven by angels. [Fr. Opera: Faust, Westerman, 183–185] See : Ascension How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Another wonderful perennial flowering now is the Marguerite daisy (Chrysanthemum frutescens). Second, there is a glowing pale yellow revealed in the petals of the marguerite daisy, a shrub that is more compact than the euryops daisy and densely covered with flowers, almost like a large version of the chrysanthemum. It is similar to the pale, sulfur yellow found in the yellow cultivar of the marguerite daisy (Chrysanthemum frutescens). |
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