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Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (French: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names, [2] is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand.
The origin and meaning of the symbol are not known, but many researchers have independently suggested that it is of religious origin, [17] and very likely served as a protective symbol. [ 18 ] [ 1 ] [ 16 ] There are two main theories for its meaning and origin.
L.O.V.E (which stands for "Love Overcomes Virtually Everything") is the title of the second album from UK R&B / soul singer Terri Walker.The album was released in 2005 by Mercury Records and spawned 2 singles, "Whoopsie Daisy", which just missed out on a UK top 40 chart placing and "This Is My Time", which was cancelled just before the release date.
Olearia, most commonly known as daisy-bush, [2] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand.
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.
Echinacea / ˌ ɛ k ɪ ˈ n eɪ s i ə, ˌ ɛ k ɪ ˈ n eɪ ʃ i ə / [1] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. It has ten species, which are commonly called coneflowers . They are native only in eastern and central North America , where they grow in wet to dry prairies and open wooded areas.
A person playing the game alternately speaks the phrases "He (or she) loves me," and "He loves me not," while picking one petal off a flower (usually an ox-eye daisy) for each phrase. The phrase they speak on picking off the last petal supposedly represents the truth between the object of their affection loving them or not.