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Definition of Orange daisy
1. Noun. Mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange Daisy
Literary usage of Orange daisy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"Let us assume, then, that the orange of the orange daisy is the heredity of ages
... If we take the seeds of the African orange daisy, and plant them in the ..."
2. Hands-On Thinking Activities: Centers Through the Year by Vanessa Bredthauer, Jo Ellen Moore (2001)
"The green daisy is left of the orange daisy and right of the yellow one. 2.
The blue daisy is right of the green daisy and left of the orange daisy. 3. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"July, Aug. Turkestan. RH 1882:78. Gn. 52, p. 485. —Perhaps the showiest of the
genus. Sold as "Double orange daisy." AA. Fit. creamy or white. B. /. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Turkestan. RH 1882:78. Gn. 52, p. 485. G. 5:239. JH III. 52:303.—Perhaps the
showiest of the genus. Sold as "double-orange daisy." AA. FIs. creamy or while. ..."
5. California Garden-flowers, Shrubs, Trees and Vines: Being Mainly Suggestions by Edward James Wickson (1914)
"A much easier plant is like a daisy and is called the African orange
daisy, (Dimorphotheca aurantiaca) excellent for borders or low edging, ..."
6. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"In a similar way may be explained the result of combining the orange daisy with
the white daisy; and in general the multiplex presentation of reds and pinks ..."
7. The Garden's Story: For Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur Gardener by George Herman Ellwanger (1889)
"... the orange-daisy of the fields, would be desirable were it not so common a
weed ; R. nitida, a taller-growing plant, is one of the best of its class. ..."
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