cowpen daisy
- noun
- /ˈkaʊpən ˈdeɪzi/
- Specialized
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margarita de establo
- Some gardeners cultivate cowpen daisy for its bright yellow flowers and hardiness.
Examples
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The field was speckled with blooming cowpen daisy during the late summer months.
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Ranchers often find cowpen daisy growing near livestock enclosures.
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The cowpen daisy blooms beautifully in the summer.
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Many gardeners love the cowpen daisy for its vibrant flowers.
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Ranchers often find cowpen daisy growing near livestock enclosures.
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Some gardeners cultivate cowpen daisy for its bright yellow flowers and hardiness.
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The field was speckled with blooming cowpen daisy during the late summer months.
Synonyms
A rough grey-green plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in dry places
A rough grey-green annual plant with yellow flowers from the southwestern United States and Mexico
A rough grey-green plant with yellow flowers that lives for one year in the US southwest and Mexico
An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
An annual plant with grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers that grows in dry sunny places
Surface Forms
Morphology
cowpen + daisy
The headword contains 'daisy', so a learner who recognises 'cow' + 'pen' + 'daisy' can readily infer this is a type of daisy (a flower) likely associated with cowpens or pastureland, making the basic category transparent. However, 'cowpen' is not a common standalone lexical item and the specific botanical attributes (coarse, greyish-green annual herb) and the exact motivation for the name are not predictable from the parts, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Cowpen daisy probably comes from farmers who saw bright yellow daisy flowers growing beside a cowpen, meaning 'a pen where cows are kept'. So the parts cowpen and daisy make a simple picture and explain why the name means 'a daisy-like plant that often grows near cows'.
