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marguerite definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: oxeye daisy, ox-eyed daisy, marguerite, moon daisy, white daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum]
2: perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: marguerite, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Argyranthemum frutescens]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French margarite pearl, daisy — more at margarite Date: 1611 1. daisy 1b 2. any of various single-flowered chrysanthemums; especially one (Chrysanthemum frutescens syn. Argyranthemum frutescens) of the Canary Islands

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an ox-eye daisy. Etymology: F f. L margarita f. Gk margarites f. margaron pearl

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.