Etymology

livingstone daisy

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livingstone daisy · noun1

From the occurrence on parts of the plant of bodies resembling small crystals.

Livingstone daisy · noun2

After British explorer David Livingstone, by horticulturalist Samuel Ryder in 1928, possibly influenced by the resemblance of the leaves to small stones.

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