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AFRICAN DAISY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does African daisy mean?

• AFRICAN DAISY (noun)
The noun AFRICAN DAISY has 3 senses:

1. shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers
2. African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers
3. any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers

Familiarity information: AFRICAN DAISY used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• AFRICAN DAISY (noun)

Sense 1

African daisy ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

African daisy; Lonas annua; Lonas inodora; yellow ageratum

Hypernyms ("African daisy" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("African daisy" is a member of...):

genus Lonas; Lonas (one species: yellow ageratum)

Sense 2

African daisy ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African daisy" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "African daisy"):

Barberton daisy; Gerbera jamesonii; Transvaal daisy (widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays)

Holonyms ("African daisy" is a member of...):

genus Gerbera; Gerbera (genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies)

Sense 3

African daisy ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African daisy" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("African daisy" is a member of...):

Arctotis; genus Arctotis (herbs and subshrubs: African daisy)

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