noun
widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays
• Syn: ↑Transvaal daisy, ↑Gerbera jamesonii
• Hypernyms: ↑African daisy
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gerbera, ↑genus Gerbera
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\\ˈbärbərtən-, -tən-, ˈbȧbət-, prob also ˈbärbət- by r-dissimilation\ nounUsage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: from Barberton, town in eastern Transvaal, Union of South Africa
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Barberton daisy /bärˈbər-tən dāˈzi/
noun
(a plant of) the Gerbera genus of composites native to South Africa, flourishing esp in the Barberton district of Transvaal
Useful english dictionary. 2012.