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MICHAELMAS DAISY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Michaelmas daisy mean?
• MICHAELMAS DAISY (noun)
The noun MICHAELMAS DAISY has 1 sense:
1. North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe
Familiarity information: MICHAELMAS DAISY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aster novi-belgii; Michaelmas daisy; New York aster
Hypernyms ("Michaelmas daisy" is a kind of...):
aster (any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers)
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"Do not wake sleeping dogs." (Dutch proverb)