Marguerite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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) 2.0 [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}]