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English Dictionary: Marguerite by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Marguerite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marguerite
n
  1. tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    Synonym(s): 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
    Synonym(s): marguerite, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Argyranthemum frutescens
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.
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