Michaelmas daisy
Michaelmas daisy noun: any of several species and hybrids of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, particularly in the genera Aster or Symphyotrichum; a flower of any such plant.
Noun
Michaelmas daisy (plural Michaelmas daisies)
- Any of several species and hybrids of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, particularly in the genera Aster or Symphyotrichum; a flower of any such plant.
- He stood across in the other garden, beside a bush of pale Michaelmas daisies, watching the last bees crawl into the hive.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
- There was a lavatory at the end of the garden beyond a scraggy clump of Michaelmas daisies that never looked well in themselves, always sere, never blooming, the perennial ghosts of themselves, as if ill-nourished by an exhausted soil.1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3
Forms of Michaelmas daisy
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Questions about Michaelmas daisy
- What does Michaelmas daisy mean?
- Michaelmas daisy means any of several species and hybrids of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, particularly in the genera Aster or Symphyotrichum; a flower of any such plant.
- What part of speech is Michaelmas daisy?
- Michaelmas daisy is a noun.
- What is the plural of Michaelmas daisy?
- The plural of Michaelmas daisy is Michaelmas daisies.
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