michaelmas

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Anything goes, from dahlias to michaelmas daisies.

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  1. The feast of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.

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  1. honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

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  • Anything goes, from dahlias to michaelmas daisies. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • The best for butterflies are buddleia, ice-plant (sedum), lavender, michaelmas daisy and origanum (marjoram). —  The Guardian World News
  • Amongst the shell-holes and scattered branches and twisted lengths of white railing, a few michaelmas daisies, chrysanthemums, dahlias, and other garden flowers were in bloom. —  Combed Out
  • "At the end of the avenue, at least a quarter of a mile long, wide expanses of soft, velvety grass, interspersed at regular intervals with plots of flowers -- dahlias, michaelmas daisies -- no longer in their first bloom -- chrysanthemums, etc. —  Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter
  • Write the following names and words properly: "tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, saturn; -- christ, christian, christmas, christendom, michaelmas, indian, bacchanals; -- Easthampton, omega, johannes, aonian, levitical, deuteronomy, european." —  The Grammar of English Grammars
 

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