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SHOWY DAISY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does showy daisy mean? 

SHOWY DAISY (noun)
  The noun SHOWY DAISY has 1 sense:

1. plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountainsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOWY DAISY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erigeron speciosus; showy daisy

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

fleabane (any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas)


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