Definition of Showy daisy

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Erigeron Speciosus
Generic synonyms: Fleabane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Showy Daisy

showrunner
showrunners
shows
shows off
shows up
showstopper
showstoppers
showstopping
showtime
showtimes
showup
showups
showwoman
showwomen
showy
showy daisy (current term)
showy goldenrod
showy lady's-slipper
showy lady slipper
showy milkweed
showy orchis
showy sunflower
showyard
showyards
showyness
shoyu
shoyus
shozoku
shpadoinkle
shpilkes

Literary usage of Showy daisy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... covering the mountain dopes and valleys, especially in the South Isl.. with the showy daisy-like fls. Probably none is regularly in cult. ..."

2. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"A very free-flowering plant with large and showy daisy-like flowers 3 to 4 inches across, blossoming profusely throughout the summer and autumn. ..."

3. The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in Search by John Muir (1917)
"... plant with showy, daisy-like flowers. In reporting this find to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Asa Gray described it as "the most ..."

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