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Margaret or Marguerite (petite)

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The daisy; so called from its pearly whiteness, màrguerite being the French for a pearl. (See Marguerite.)

“The daise, a flour white and redde,

In French called ‘la belle Marguerite.ʹ”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mardonius (Captain)
Mare
Mare’s Nest
Mareotic Luxury
Marfisa
Marforio
Margan Monastery (Register of)
Margaret
Margaret (St.)
Margaret
Margaret or Marguerite (petite)
Margarine Substitute (A)
Margate (Kent)
Margherita di Valois
Margin
Margītēs
Marguerite des Marguerites [the pearl of pearls]
Margutte
Maria
Maria Theresa
Mariamites