butter daisy
- noun
- US
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margarita de mantequilla
- The butter daisy thrives in dry, sunny gardens in the southwestern United States.
Examples
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Wild butter daisy can add a splash of yellow to natural landscapes in Mexico.
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Many gardeners love to plant butter daisies for their vibrant color.
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She planted a row of butter daisies along the fence to brighten the yard.
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The butter daisy blooms in the spring.
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She planted a row of butter daisies along the fence to brighten the yard.
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The butter daisy thrives in dry, sunny gardens in the southwestern United States.
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Wild butter daisies can add a splash of yellow to natural landscapes in Mexico.
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
A rough grey-green plant with bright yellow flowers that lives for one year
Surface Forms
Morphology
butter + daisy
The compound is a straightforward descriptive name: a B1 learner who knows 'butter' (commonly associated with a yellow color) and 'daisy' (a type of flower) can infer this refers to a daisy with butter-yellow flowers. Color-based and appearance-based plant names are cross-linguistically common and follow regular compounding patterns, so the meaning is derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Butter daisy comes from the flower's bright yellow petals that look like butter and its simple round shape like a daisy, so the name helps you remember it is a small 'wildflower' with yellow flowers.
