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marguerite:

see daisydaisy
[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.
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Marguerite.

For French women thus named, use Margaret.

Marguerite

borne to heaven by angels. [Fr. Opera: Faust, Westerman, 183–185]

See: Ascension

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

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In Faust, the doomed love affair between Faust and Marguerite fuels the plot at first.

Vancouver Opera

Marguerite said: "I was told to get to hospital immediately - when I got there the doctors said they had already alerted the intensive care unit and high dependency ward.

A paper cut gave me sepsis and cost me my hands and feet...then I got it again - Marguerite Henderson; Blood infection survivor on her n determination to rebuild her life and focus on the future after devastating blow

Marguerite dedicated the last two years to making sure Charlie was a success with constant traveling to farmer's markets, fairs, and school readings.

Haley Marguerite and Trimark Press Team Up Again to Send Charlie on a New Adventure

[USA], June 30 ( ANI ): A film based on Marguerite Bennett's dystopian comic series 'Animosity' will be developed by Legendary Entertainment.

Dystopian Comic 'Animosity' to get a movie

Marguerite endured surgery to remove her hands last month and had surgery to remove her legs two weeks ago.

"What's the point in me being here?": Gran who lost hands and feet to sepsis after papercut speaks of devastating impact; Marguerite Henderson, 55, of Fife, lost all her limbs to blood poisoning says 'everything has gone' for her

SEE PAGES 28&29 ..and many more Lazer Planet Edinburgh Dungeon Blackpool Pleasure Beach Scottish Owl Centre will lose hands & feet after paper cut Marguerite, 55, suffers septic shock MICHAEL PRINGLE A GRANDMA nearly died after a paper cut on her finger got infected.

I WOKE AFTER OP AND THOUGHT: WHAT'S THE POINT IN BEING HERE? BLOOD POISON VICTIM'S DESPAIR; Gran on trauma of losing hands and feet after tiny paper cut led to sepsis

Mont Sainte- Marguerite Wind brought strong economic benefits to the Beauce region through its use of local construction workers from Quebec and Siemens Gamesa wind turbines with locally- sourced components, supporting manufacturers in the province.

PATTERN COMPLETES 147 MW WIND PROJECT IN QUEBEC

The ballet begins with the young bourgeois Armand Duval as he storms into the apartment of his dead lover and former courtesan Marguerite Gautier.

Bolshoi ballet dances its way to cinema

Diary of a Ypres Nun, October 1914-May 1915: The Diary of Soeur Marguerite of the Sisters of Lamotte: Suffering and Sacrifice in the First World War

My Picture Perfect Family Marguerite Elisofon Central Park Publishers www.centralparkpublishers.com 9781938595042, $14.95, PB, 294pp, www.amazon.com

My Picture Perfect Family

Marguerite Jones (born in Liverpool 1917), who he never knew or held.

OLD PALS

In Ten Thousand Skies Above You, the sequel to A Thousand Pieces of You (HarperTeen, 2014/VOYA December 2014), Gray brings back Marguerite, Paul, and Theo.

Gray, Claudia. Ten Thousand Skies Above You: Firebird, Book 2

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