Michaelmas daisy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Michaelmas daisy
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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They were decorated as a daffodil, a pink rose, a Michaelmas daisy and a Christmas rose.
From BBC ● May 17, 2013
She would have to be a Michaelmas daisy.
From A Little Girl of Long Ago by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
We have also a daisy, very like the English, but not nearly so pretty; we have a great ugly sort of Michaelmas daisy too, and any amount of spaniard.
From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel
Wistfully round the edge of the huge breach in the wall, a Michaelmas daisy peered into the garden, in whose mined paths I stood.
From Unhappy Far-Off Things by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron
The Rockbridge Artillery occupied a fallow field covered with fox grass, dead Michaelmas daisy, and drifted leaves.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
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