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michaelmas daisy
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Michaelmas daisy
(gcide) | Michaelmas \Mich"ael*mas\, n. [Michael + mass religious service;
OE. Mighelmesse.]
The feast of the archangel Michael, a church festival,
celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially,
autumn.
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Michaelmas daisy. (Bot.) See under Daisy.
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Michaelmas daisy
(gcide) | Daisy \Dai"sy\ (d[=a]"z[y^]), n.; pl. Daisies (d[=a]"z[i^]z).
[OE. dayesye, AS. d[ae]ges-e['a]ge day's eye, daisy. See
Day, and Eye.] (Bot.)
(a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family
Composit[ae]. The common English and classical daisy is
Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or
pinkish rays.
(b) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant
commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also
oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.
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Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of
other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.
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Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of
which there are many species.
Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy
(b) .
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michaelmas daisy
(wn) | Michaelmas daisy
n 1: North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming
purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in
Europe [syn: Michaelmas daisy, New York aster, {Aster
novi-belgii}] |
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