PAINTED DAISY
Dictionary entry overview: What does painted daisy mean? • PAINTED DAISY (noun)
The noun PAINTED DAISY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: PAINTED DAISY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PAINTED DAISY (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chrysanthemum coccineum; painted daisy; Tanacetum coccineum; pyrethrum
Hypernyms ("painted daisy" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("painted daisy" is a member of...):
genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)
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