marguerite

¹ American  

[mahr-guh-reet] / ˌmɑr gəˈrit /

noun

1. Also called Paris daisy.  the European daisy, Bellis perennis.

2. any of several daisylike flowers, especially Chrysanthemum frutescens, cultivated for its numerous white-rayed, yellow-centered flowers.

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Marguerite ² American  

[mahr-guh-reet, mar-guh-reet] / ˌmɑr gəˈrit, mar gəˈrit /

noun

1. a female given name, French form of Margaret.

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marguerite British  

/ ˌmɑːɡəˈriːt /

noun

1. a cultivated garden plant, Chrysanthemum frutescens, whose flower heads have white or pale yellow rays around a yellow disc: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. any of various related plants with daisy-like flowers, esp C. leucanthemum

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Etymology

Origin of marguerite

1865–70; < French: daisy, pearl < Latin margarīta pearl < Greek; margarite

Example Sentences

Red candles, red marguerite daisies and anti-fascist stickers lay at the foot of the 12-foot-tall monument to Marx, the author of “The Communist Manifesto,” recently.

From Seattle Times

I made this archetypal drawing of the shape of the marguerite, as a child would, and made it in bronze and then painted it as if it were a silk-screen print.

From New York Times

“Ah, marguerites,” she said, using the French word.

From Washington Post

One of the nine people who had turned up to say goodbye placed two pots of yellow and white marguerite daisies on the casket.

From The Guardian

Surely her hair beneath her wimple is as yellow as the marguerite’s petals.

From Literature