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painted daisy

noun

spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

• Syn: ↑pyrethrum, ↑Tanacetum coccineum, ↑Chrysanthemum coccineum

• Hypernyms: ↑flower

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tanacetum, ↑genus Tanacetum

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noun

1. : pyrethrum 1b(2)

2. : any of various annual garden chrysanthemums that are prob. largely derived from a Moroccan species (Chrysanthemum carinatum) and that have succulent leaves and solitary flower heads with ray flowers brilliantly banded in two or more colors

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painted daisy,

= pyrethrum (def. 1). (Cf. ↑pyrethrum)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.