Michaelmas daisy

noun

1. an aster.

Michaelmas daisy

noun

1. any of various plants of the genus Aster that have small autumn-blooming purple, pink, or white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Michaelmas daisy¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

The Rockbridge Artillery occupied a fallow field covered with fox grass, dead Michaelmas daisy, and drifted leaves.

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The cornfields are bright with English wild-flowers — dandelions, buttercups, astragalus, and a purple Michaelmas daisy.

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In confinement the caterpillars will eat garden aster and Michaelmas daisy.

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In confinement it can be reared on garden asters and Michaelmas daisy.

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I also saw it was not woody enough in the stem for the Michaelmas daisy.

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