snow daisy

noun

Any of various perennial herbs chiefly of the genus Celmisia, especially Celmisia asteliifolia, growing in high ground in southeastern Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

nounsnow daisy (plural snow daisies)

plural snow daisies · alternative snow-daisy

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandAny of various perennial herbs chiefly of the genus Celmisia, especially Celmisia asteliifolia, growing in high ground in southeastern Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand.First known use 20th c.

    As he walks he spies a snow-daisy to one side of the pad.

    1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 90
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