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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 mountains
Familiarity information: SHOWY DAISY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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