tahoka daisy
- noun
- US
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margarita tahoka
- She planted a row of tahoka daisies along the garden path for their delicate fernlike leaves.
Examples
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In the Texas fields, the tahoka daisy adds a splash of purple every spring.
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Botanists surveyed the spread of the tahoka daisy from Alberta to northern Mexico.
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The tahoka daisy blooms in the summer.
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Many tahoka daisies grow in the wild.
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In the Texas fields, the tahoka daisy adds a splash of purple every spring.
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Botanists surveyed the spread of the tahoka daisy from Alberta to northern Mexico.
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She planted a row of tahoka daisies along the garden path for their delicate fernlike leaves.
Synonyms
A wild aster with fernlike leaves and bright purple narrow flowers found in western North America
A wild North American flower with leaves like a fern and narrow purple petals
Surface Forms
Morphology
tahoka + daisy
The noun 'daisy' gives the core meaning (a kind of flower), and 'Tahoka' functions as an attributive proper name or origin label indicating a specific variety or type. Even if learners don't know the place or botanical specifics, the construction 'Tahoka daisy' transparently signals a particular kind of daisy rather than an idiomatic meaning, so learners who know both constituents can infer it denotes a type of flower.
Etymology
Tahoka daisy probably gets its name from the town of Tahoka in Texas, where people first noticed these small purple wildflowers in the plains. Because the flower was named after that place, today 'tahoka daisy' means this narrow‑petaled purple wildflower with fernlike leaves found from Alberta down to Mexico.
