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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.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painted Daisy
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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