PAINTED DAISY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does painted daisy mean? 

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

1. spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAINTED DAISY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysanthemum coccineum; painted daisy; pyrethrum; Tanacetum coccineum

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

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

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)