SHASTA DAISY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shasta daisy mean? 

• SHASTA DAISY (noun)
  The noun SHASTA DAISY has 1 sense:

1. hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum

  Familiarity information: SHASTA DAISY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHASTA DAISY (noun)

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Meaning:

Hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysanthemum maximum maximum; Leucanthemum superbum; shasta daisy

Hypernyms ("shasta daisy" is a kind of...):

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Holonyms ("shasta daisy" is a member of...):

genus Leucanthemum; Leucanthemum (comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum)