Shasta daisy
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Shasta daisy
n.
A hybrid daisy (Leucanthemum ×superbum) having large flower heads with white rays and a yellow center.
[After MountShasta.]
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Shasta daisy
(ˈʃæstə)n
(Plants) a Pyrenean plant, Chrysanthemum maximum, widely cultivated for its large white daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
[named after Mount Shasta in California]
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Shas′ta dai′sy
n.
any horticultural variety of the composite plant Chrysanthemummaximum, having large daisylike flowers.
[1890–95, Amer.; after Mt. Shasta or the Shasta Indians of N California]
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| Noun | 1. |  shasta daisy - hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemumcomposite plant, composite - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers genus Leucanthemum, Leucanthemum - comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum |
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