Easter daisy

noun

1. a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Easter daisy¹

So called because its flowers appear at Easter time

Example Sentences

And slyly when the world is sleeping yet, He smooths out collars for the Easter daisies, And fashions golden buttercups to set In woodland mazes.

From Project Gutenberg

For his delicate appreciation of the Easter daisy see Obermann, letter 91.

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Oh! my goodness! there was the prettiest little Easter daisy in the world, and flitting about it was a charming microscopical gnat.

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