Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Marguerite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marguerite
n 1: tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers;
widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
[syn: {oxeye daisy}, {ox-eyed daisy}, {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 daisy}, {Paris daisy}, {Chrysanthemum
frutescens}, {Argyranthemum frutescens}]
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