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}]
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