Michaelmas daisy

American  

noun

1. an aster.

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Michaelmas daisy British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Michaelmas daisy

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

They were decorated as a daffodil, a pink rose, a Michaelmas daisy and a Christmas rose.

From BBC • May 17, 2013

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

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

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

The white and purple chrysanthemums bloomed against the flowerless rose-bushes, and the little gray Michaelmas daisy flourished where the dead carnations had spread their glories.

From Bebee by Ouida

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