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Definition of Bellis perennis
1. Noun. Low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellis Perennis
Literary usage of Bellis perennis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1900)
"Bellis perennis. NAT. ORD., Compositae. COMMON NAMES, English Daisy. Garden Daisy.
Hens and Chickens. ... Bellis perennis or daisy, formerly called ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Bellis perennis, L.—Prompt. Parv. Hal. "Wr. Conies. ... Bellis perennis, L.
(Grete Herball). There were also the King's Consound, Delphinium Consolida, ..."
3. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"... inches high thinned out to 10 inches between each plant. This variety does
not run to seed, and it is much more effective than Perilla. Bellis perennis ..."
4. Wild flowers worth notice by Phebe Lankester (1879)
"Bellis perennis. THIS well-known flower is almost the first that is grasped by
the hand of childhood and the last to retain its place in the floral calendar ..."
5. The Characteristics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale, F. S. Whitman (1873)
"... produced by excessive venery, or self-pollution..—(Stille.) Bellis perennis.
(English Daisy.) ANALOGUES:—Arnica (?) Hamamelis (? ..."