marguerite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    moon daisy; ox-eyed daisy; white daisy; oxeye daisy; Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Leucanthemum vulgare.
  2. noun perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
    Paris daisy; Argyranthemum frutescens; marguerite daisy; Chrysanthemum frutescens.

WordNet

Mar"gue*rite noun
Etymology
F., a pearl, a daisy. See Margarite.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. Longfellow.

Webster 1913