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People

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Marguerite (given name) Marguerite is a French female given name, from which the English name Margaret is derived. Marguerite derives via Latin and Greek μαργαρίτης ''(margarítēs)'' meaning "pearl". It is also a French name for the ox-eye daisy flower. Those ...
, including a list of people with the name


Places

* Marguerite, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula *
Marguerite Island Marguerite Island is a rocky island northwest of Empereur Island and north-northwest of Cape Margerie, Antarctica. It was charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition The French Antarctic Expedition is any of several French expedit ...
, Adélie Land, Antarctica


Entertainment

* ''Marguerite'' (musical), a 2008 West End musical by Michel Legrand *"Margueritte", a song by Oregon from the album ''Winter Light'' * ''Marguerite'' (2015 film), a French film * ''Marguerite'' (2017 film), a Canadian film


Ships

*, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 *, another United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 and 1919; renamed ''SP-892'' in 1918 to avoid confusion *, a Royal Navy sloop transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1920 * ''Marguerite'' (ship), a French cargo ship launched in 1912, sunk by a U-boat in 1917


Plants

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Argyranthemum ''Argyranthemum'' (marguerite, marguerite daisy, dill daisy) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus '' Chrysanthemum''. The genus is endemic to Macaronesia ...
'', a genus of plants in the
daisy family The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
, especially '' A. frutescens'' * Garden marguerites, a group of hybrids derived from ''Argyranthemum'' and related genera widely sold for garden use *''
Leucanthemum vulgare ''Leucanthemum vulgare'', commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (french: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names, is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions ...
'', the original marguerite (french: Marguerite commune; the word "marguerite" used as the plant name is of French origin)


Other uses

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Marguerite (horse) Marguerite (April 24, 1920 – October 27, 1945) was an American Thoroughbred racemare owned by Belair Stud who had to be retired after only one start but who established her place in racing history as the dam of four significant runners. A bro ...
, a racehorse *
Stanford Marguerite Shuttle Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
, a transportation service of Stanford University


See also

* SS ''Princess Marguerite'', ''Princess Marguerite II'' and ''Princess Marguerite III'', a series of Canadian coastal passenger vessels * Marguerite route, a tourist route in Denmark * Margarita (disambiguation) * Margueritte {{disambig, geo