shasta daisy

1. 1.

   hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum

   SynonymsLeucanthemum superbumChrysanthemum maximum maximum

   Broadercomposite

   Part ofLeucanthemum

Questions about shasta daisy

What does shasta daisy mean?

shasta daisy means "hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum".

What is another word for shasta daisy?

Close synonyms include Leucanthemum superbum, Chrysanthemum maximum maximum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shasta daisy a common word?

shasta daisy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.