noun
Marguerite
mah-guh-REET
noun
1
The oxeye daisy, a white-and-yellow wildflower.
"Marguerites grew wild along the roadside."
name
1
A female given name of French origin.
"Marguerite trained as a painter in Paris."
How to Use Marguerite
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a daisy-like flower or a French form of the name Margaret.
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Word Forms
marguerites plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from French Marguerite in the 1860s, ultimately from the Ancient Greek margarítēs ("pearl") — a doublet of Margaret and margarita.