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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

O pale marguerite, Thou art as I, a bright sun fallen low, O my so white, my so cold Marguerite.

From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles

She does not come as a missionary out of Hungary, or Illyria, or Egypt, or ineffable space; but grows at Nanterre, like a marguerite in the dew, the first "Reine Blanche" of Gaul.

From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John

As the companies’ secretary, Galaxy is the only email listed on corporate records for Linnet Marguerite, Tantye Peur, Corniola Ltd. and Krape Myrtle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Instead, the registered owner was Linnet Marguerite Ltd., a company with a Hong Kong address that isn’t subject to U.S. sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Many of them are controversial and the Rothienorman project is no different - Marguerite and Frank are among residents who have opposed the plans, raising concerns such as fire safety and noise.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Like Aleys, Alouette forms alliances with other women, Sylvine and Marguerite, the latter of whom carefully documents the guards’ abuses in a ledger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

“An accident, huh? Er, who was at fault? You, Marguerite? Errer was it you?”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou