mountain daisyn.
/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈdeɪzi/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌdeɪzi/ΚΠ
1786 R. Burns Poems (title) To a mountain daisy, on turning one down with the plough.
2. New Zealand. Any of various plants of the genus Celmisia (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), chiefly having flowers with yellow discs and white rays. Also called cotton plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > other composite flowers
ox-eyea1400
starwort?a1450
Jupiter's beard1567
goldenrod1568
achillea1597
blue camomile1597
blue daisy1597
cineraria1597
hog's bean1597
jackanapes on horseback1597
sea-starwort1597
sultan flower1629
mouse-ear1696
aster1706
Canada goldenrod1731
ageratum1737
rudbeckia1751
coreopsis1753
melampodium1754
Aaron's rod1760
zinnia1761
Michaelmas daisy1767
China aster1785
New England aster1785
catananche1798
sea-aster1812
cosmea1813
cosmos1813
gazania1813
erigeron1815
gousblom1822
Christmas daisy1829
rhodanthe1834
tassel-flower1836
ligularia1839
old maid1839
mountain daisy1848
purple coneflower1848
acroclinium1852
sea ox-eye1856
thimble-weed1860
helipterum1862
treasure-flower1866
Swan River daisy1873
blanket flower1879
cone-flower1879
blue marguerite1882
Solidago1883
yellow-top1887
Gaillardia1888
gerbera1889
youth and old age1889
pussytoes1892
niggerhead1893
Transvaal daisy1899
Barberton daisy1906
onion grass1909
ursinia1928
Cupid's dart1930
Livingstone daisy1932
1848 N.Z. Jrnl. 8 198 The last plant the party observed, as they wended their way upwards, was..the mountain daisy.
1900 A. Dendy in Canterbury Old & New 188 Only rivalled in beauty by the marguerite-like flowers of ‘cotton plant’ or mountain daisy (species of Celmisia).
1940 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. (ed. 4) 449 Most of the species [of Celmisia] are found in sub-alpine regions, and are termed by the inhabitants Mountain Daisies or Cotton Plants.
1991 N.Z. Gardener Aug. 62 Clumps of mountain daisies..displayed silver leaves and white daisy flowers too.
3. U.S. Any of several plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) growing in mountainous country; esp. either of two fleabanes, Erigeron coulteri and E. peregrinus, and hoary blackfoot, Melampodium cinereum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > erigeron
sweet scabious1789
fleabane1813
mountain daisy1897
mare's tail1900
1897 M. E. Parsons Wild Flowers Calif. 332 Lavender Mountain Daisy. Erigeron salsuginosus [sc. E. peregrinus] It..resembles the feathery, white mountain daisy [sc. E. coulteri].
1934 L. L. Haskin Wild Flowers Pacific Coast 371 Mountain Daisy. Erigeron salsuginosus... A beautiful pink flower found at high elevations in the mountains.
1961 M. M. Wills & H. S. Irwin Roadside Flowers Texas 231 Mountain Daisy [sc. Melampodium cinereum]..is frequently a handsome plant, the spreading branches covered with heads.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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