mountain daisy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mountain daisy
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Zita was a little longer than usual before her looking-glass on that occasion, and was as pretty and fresh as a mountain daisy, when she came down at last to join me below.
From The Doctor's Daughter by Vera, [pseud.]
The “gowan” is the mountain daisy of Scotland.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
The mountain daisy, dainty white, That grew by the side of the lofty eyrie, Saw the young wings beat on the eagle's breast, And the restless eyes in the fagot-nest Grow grim and fiery.
From Pan and Æolus: Poems by Musgrove, Charles Hamilton
It resembles the feathery, white mountain daisy, and grows in the same region; but its rays are wider and give the blossoms a somewhat more substantial look.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Know that blood has been as familiar to her as the dew to the mountain daisy.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir
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