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• marguerite
  marguerite

  noun

  the European daisy, Bellis perennis.
• Marguerite
  Marguerite

  noun

  a female given name, French form of Margaret.

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; see margarite

Example Sentences

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marguerite Marguerite

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 ● Feb. 9, 2020

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 ● Mar. 7, 2019

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 ● Oct. 27, 2018

Wasn’t it sweet of the marguerite daisy to give Mr. Rochester just the right petal at the end; wasn’t it luck?”

From Daddy's Girl by L. T. Meade

I wore civilian clothes and had a marguerite in my button hole....

From My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil

Describing himself as an "anarcho-confectioner," Godin began his campaign with a pie in the face of author Marguerite Duras in 1969.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

And only DeMichelle’s Marguerite has the necessary command to bring this obstreperous monarch to heel.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The works by artists Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku will go on display in Middlesborough later this year before a winner is announced in December.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Marguerite Gaspar, a former public school teacher who helps home-schoolers comply with state educational policies, has built a clientele of holdback families in a variety of sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

In Auvers, Vincent is concentrating mostly on portraits, painting Adeline Ravoux, the daughter of his innkeeper, and Gachet’s daughter, Marguerite, playing the piano.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman