Found 2 items, similar to Oxeye daisy.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: oxeye daisy
oxeye daisy
n 1: similar to oxeye daisy [syn:
Leucanthemum maximum,
Chrysanthemum maximum
]
2: tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers;
widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
[syn:
ox-eyed daisy,
marguerite,
moon daisy,
white daisy
,
Leucanthemum vulgare,
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Oxeye daisy
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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