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Definition of African daisy

1. Noun. Shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers.

2. Noun. African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers.

3. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of African Daisy

African Union African anteater African anteaters African bowstring hemp African buffalo African buffalos African chameleon African cherry orange African clawed frog African clawed frogs

African coral snake African country African crake African crakes African crocodile African daisy (current term) African elephant African elephants African endomyocardial fibrosis African furuncular myiasis

African gray African green monkey African haemorrhagic fever African hemp African holly African hunting dog African lily African mahogany African marigold

Literary usage of African daisy

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

1. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"Possibly the orange African daisy grew in the open, ... So we may reasonably suppose that the white African daisy owes its present color to the influence of ..."

2. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"So we may reasonably suppose that the white African daisy owes its present color to the ... In any event, the orange African daisy has colors of its own, ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... yellow-flowered "everlasting" known to the trade as the African daisy or Athanasia ... African daisy. Fleshy, branching, 1 ft. high: Ivs. alternate, ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"S. Afr. BM 147. GW 8, p. 313.—Said to bloom profusely at Santa Barbara but not to produce »eed. LHB iberidifolia (Figs. 621, 622, Vol. I). The African daisy ..."

5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"The Transvaal or African daisy, introduced here since the Boer war, has established itself in blazing orange- yellow with the profusion it exhibits on its ..."

6. Flower Gardening by Henry Sherman Adams (1913)
"Of the others the African daisy (Arctotis grandis) is unusual in that the white blossoms have a mauve centre, while the foliage is very downy, ..."

7. The San Diego Garden Fair: Personal Impressions of the Architecture by Eugen Neuhaus, Karl Eugen Neuhaus, ( (1916)
"At the edge of the shrubbery the blue African daisy and the Begonias, with many harmonious reds, lead a happy life under ideal conditions. ..."

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