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Definition of Easter daisy
1. Noun. Dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Townsendia, Townsendia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Easter Daisy
Literary usage of Easter daisy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"... in his mountain birch-tree, or his Easter-daisy among the Swiss farms.
To decide where the gift for natural * Take the following attempt to render the ..."
2. A New Pocket Dictionary of the English and French Languages by J. E. Wessely (1892)
"Easter-daisy. Par, par, pr. by, through, at, in, about, out of, with i — fel,
this way ¡ — 11, *А«г wayt — oui which wayt —delà, that side, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... pappus-bristles very setose. April. May. Dry hills, plains, or mountains, Sask.
to Rockies, south to New Мех. and Ariz.—Known as "easter daisy" in Colo. ..."
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