Definition of Easter daisy

1. Noun. Dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona.

Exact synonyms: Stemless Daisy, Townsendia Exscapa
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Townsendia, Townsendia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Easter Daisy

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East Turkistan Islamic Movement
Eastaughffe
Easter
Easter Bunny
Easter Day
Easter Island
Easter Islander
Easter Monday
Easter Moon
Easter Sunday
Easter bunny
Easter cactus
Easter card
Easter daisy
Easter egg
Easter egg hunt
Easter egg hunts
Easter egg roll
Easter eggs
Easter giant
Easter giants
Easter lily
Easter lily vine
Easterling
Easterlings
Eastern-rigged
Eastern Abenaki
Eastern Abnaki

Literary usage of Easter daisy

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

1. On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold (1867)
"... in his mountain birch-tree, or his Easter-daisy among the Swiss farms. To decide where the gift for natural * Take the following attempt to render the ..."

2. A New Pocket Dictionary of the English and French Languages by J. E. Wessely (1892)
"Easter-daisy. Par, par, pr. by, through, at, in, about, out of, with i — fel, this way ¡ — 11, *А«г wayt — oui which wayt —delà, that side, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... pappus-bristles very setose. April. May. Dry hills, plains, or mountains, Sask. to Rockies, south to New Мех. and Ariz.—Known as "easter daisy" in Colo. ..."

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