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 • 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

"Consult the marguerite, and take one petal at a time."

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

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

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite