blue-eyed african daisy: bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
flower: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
severe combined immunodeficiency: a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life