blue-daisy

blue daisy

noun
a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
Also called blue marguerite.


Origin:
1590–1600

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blue daisy

noun
hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays 
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