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

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

No, here is an African marigold, and a China-aster, and a Michaelmas daisy.

From Harry's Ladder to Learning by Anonymous

Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones; perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th; helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum, boltonia.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.