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Noun: marguerite  ,maa(r)-gu'reet
  1. Tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    - oxeye daisy, ox-eyed daisy, moon daisy, white daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
     
  2. Perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
    - marguerite daisy, Paris daisy, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Argyranthemum frutescens

Derived forms: marguerites

Type of: flower, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: Argyranthemum, genus Argyranthemum, genus Leucanthemum, Leucanthemum

Encyclopedia: Marguerite, Duchess of Rohan

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