painted daisy

noun

1

: pyrethrum sense 1b(2)

2

: any of various annual garden chrysanthemums that are probably largely derived from a Moroccan species (Chrysanthemum carinatum) and that have succulent leaves and solitary flower heads with ray flowers brilliantly banded in two or more colors

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