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for marguerite
From 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
marguerite
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]
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