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单词 namaqualand daisy
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Namaqualand daisyn.

Brit. /nəˌmakwəlan(d) ˈdeɪzi/, /nəˌmɑːkwəlan(d) ˈdeɪzi/, U.S. /nəˈˌmɑkwəlæn(d) ˈdeɪzi/, South African English /nəˌmækwəlæn(d) ˈdeɪzi/, /nəˌmɑːkwəlæn(d) ˈdeɪzi/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Namaqualand , daisy n.
Etymology: < Namaqualand, the name of a large, sparsely populated area lying partly in North West province, South Africa, and partly in south-western Namibia (see Namaqua n.) + daisy n.
Any of several closely related, mostly annual, South African plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae) with conspicuous daisy-like flowers, which are characteristic of the Namaqualand spring flora and often grown for ornament; also called African daisy; spec. (a) Dimorphotheca sinuata and other species of the genus Dimorphotheca; also called star of the Veld; (b) Arctotis fastuosa ( Venidium fastuosa), also called monarch of the Veld.
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c1911 C. L. Biden in S. Playne Cape Colony 618 The Namaqualand marigold (Dimorphotheca auratiaca) seems to spring up in a single night.]
1963 Oxf. Bk. Garden Flowers 138 Dimorphotheca (Namaqualand Daisy or Star of the Veldt)... The usual dimorphotheca grown in gardens is D. aurantiaca with bright yellow flowers.
1964 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 1012 Venidium, Less. Namaqualand Daisy. S. African plants of about 20 species. grown in the fl.-garden.
1969 M. Benson At Still Point (1988) 185 My news is: I have a garden! Small but flourishing. Namaqualand daisies, iceland poppies just over, phlox, sweetpeas coming on.
1983 S. Afr. Panorama Jan. (Back cover) The list of South African floral immigrants settled over the surface of the earth is impressive: proteas, gladioli,..the lowly Namaqualand daisy, and many others.
1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 24 With its large..brilliant orange flowers.., this so-called Double Namaqualand Daisy well merits the description ‘proud’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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