Easter daisy
noun
a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
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Origin of Easter daisy
so called because its flowers appear at Easter time
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