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🌻 A yellow shrub 🌼 A garden flower
African daisy

African daisy

3.9
A low shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers that prefers warm, dry places
  • noun
translation icon : margarita africana
  • The African daisy brightened the garden with its vivid yellow blooms.

Examples

  • We planted several African daisies along the stone path for a burst of color.

  • African daisy shrubs thrive best in warm, sunny environments.

  • The African daisy blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • Many gardeners love the African daisies for their vibrant colors.

  • African daisy shrubs thrive best in warm, sunny environments.

  • The African daisy brightened the garden with its vivid yellow blooms.

  • We planted several African daisies along the stone path for a burst of color.

Synonyms

yellow ageratum
vsAfrican daisy
  • Specialized
8.8

A small shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers that grows in dry Mediterranean areas

has identical meaning but uses a different plant name
Lonas inodora
vsAfrican daisy
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bush with yellow flowers like a daisy that grows in dry Mediterranean places

has identical meaning but uses a different plant name
Lonas annua
vsAfrican daisy
  • Specialized
9.9

A small shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers that grows in dry Mediterranean areas

has identical meaning but uses a different plant name

Surface Forms

African daisy singular
African daisies plural

Morphology

African + daisy

The meaning is directly compositional: 'African' (relating to Africa) + 'daisy' (a daisy plant) yields a kind of daisy associated with Africa. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

African daisy: The shrub called African daisy got its name from both its home and its flowers: many grow near the coasts of Africa by the Mediterranean Sea and show bright yellow blooms like a daisy. So, the name means 'a shrub with bright yellow, daisy-like flowers'.