Definition of Painted daisy

1. Noun. Spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum.

Exact synonyms: Chrysanthemum Coccineum, Pyrethrum, Tanacetum Coccineum
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Painted Daisy

paintballed
paintballer
paintballers
paintballing
paintbox
paintboxes
paintbrush
paintbrushes
painted
painted-leaf begonia
painted-snipe
painted beauty
painted bunting
painted cup
painted daisy (current term)
painted dog
painted dogs
painted frog
painted greenling
painted hunting dog
painted hunting dogs
painted ladies
painted lady
painted leaf
painted nettle
painted out
painted sandgrouse
painted snipes

Literary usage of Painted daisy

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

1. Continuous Bloom in America: Where, When, What, to Plant, with Other by Louise Shelton (1915)
"Cockscomb, Aster, Scabiosa, painted daisy, Balsam, and Cleome are not required until later, so they may be sown in the open in May, and transplanted, ..."

2. The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore by Ida Dandridge Bennett (1903)
"... Old Woman, Orchid Vine, Oriental Poppy, Oswego Tea, painted daisy, Painted Leaf, Painted Tongue, Pampas Grass, Pancratium, Paris Daisy, See Mimulus. ..."

3. Little Gardens; how to Beautify City Yards and Small Country Spaces by Charles Montgomery Skinner (1904)
"... the sweet-william, the four-o'clock, the linum, the painted-daisy, or even the fuzzy little ageratum, and in considering these plants of woolly texture ..."

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