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Michaelmas daisy

Michaelmas \Mich"ael*mas\, n. [Michael + mass religious service; OE. Mighelmesse.] The feast of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.

Michaelmas daisy. (Bot.) See under Daisy.

Michaelmas daisy

Daisy \Dai"sy\ (d[=a]"z[y^]), n.; pl. Daisies (d[=a]"z[i^]z). [OE. dayesye, AS. d[ae]ges-e['a]ge day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.] (Bot.)

  1. A genus of low herbs ( Bellis), belonging to the family Composit[ae]. The common English and classical daisy is Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

  2. The whiteweed ( Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.

    Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.

    Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species.

    Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b) .

Usage examples of "michaelmas daisy".

They still bear his name: the white Michaelmas daisy, aster tradescantii, and the spiderwort, Tradescantia Virginia.

You picked the flowers in the dark-by the way, you inadvertently included a Michaelmas daisy with your chrysanthemums-tied up your little poem to them and left them on the doorstep with-er-a horseshoe.

By early afternoon, she was dressed in what must have been everything she owned: a black jacket with imitation fur around the collar and the sleeves, two outer jackets brimmed in black silk braid and imitation fur, a chintz shirt with a Michaelmas daisy pattern and three flounces, a brown linsey dress bodice with a black velvet collar and brown metal buttons down the front, a gray petticoat, a very old green Alpaca skirt, a very old ragged blue skirt with a red flounce and light twill lining, a white calico chemise, a man's white vest with buttons down the front and two outer pockets, brown ribbed stockings mended at the feet with white thread, a pair of men's lace-up boots (the right boot repaired with red thread), a black straw bonnet .