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LIVINGSTONE DAISY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does livingstone daisy mean?
• LIVINGSTONE DAISY (noun)
The noun LIVINGSTONE DAISY has 1 sense:
1. low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
Familiarity information: LIVINGSTONE DAISY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis; livingstone daisy
Hypernyms ("livingstone daisy" is a kind of...):
succulent (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs)
Holonyms ("livingstone daisy" is a member of...):
Dorotheanthus; genus Dorotheanthus (a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus)
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