noun
western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays
• Syn: ↑Brachycome Iberidifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Brachycome, ↑genus Brachycome
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nounUsage: usually capitalized S&R
Etymology: from Swan River, Western Australia
: an Australian annual herb (Brachycome iberidifolia) much cultivated for its flower heads with bluish, violet, rose, white, or variegated rays
Useful english dictionary. 2012.