Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several plants of the composite family, especially a widely naturalized Eurasian plant (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) having flower heads with a yellow center and white rays. Also called oxeye daisy, white daisy.
- n. A low-growing European plant (Bellis perennis) having flower heads with pink or white rays. Also called English daisy.
- n. The flower head of any of these plants.
- n. Slang One that is deemed excellent or notable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A common plant, Bellis perennis, natural order Compositæ, one of the most familiar wild plants of Europe, found in all pastures and meadows, and growing at a considerable height on mountains. The daisy is a great favorite, and several varieties are cultivated in gardens. In Scotland the field-daisy is called
gowan . Seegowan . - n. One of various plants of other genera to which the name is popularly applied. The wild plant generally known in the United States as the daisy is the Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. (See
oxeye daisy , below.) In Australia the name daisy is given to several Compositæ, especially to species of Vitadenia and to Brachycome iberidifolia of the Swan River region, which is occasionally cultivated; in New Zealand, to species of Lagenophora. See phrases below. - n. Something pretty, fine, charming, or nice: as, she is a daisy.
- Pretty; fine; charming; nice.
- n. A kind of sea-anemone, Actinia bellis.
Wiktionary
- n. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
- n. Many other flowering plants of various species.
- n. Cockney rhyming slang boots or other footwear. From daisy roots.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family
Compositæ . The common English and classicaldaisy is Bellis perennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. - n. The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called
daisy in North America; -- called alsooxeye daisy . See whiteweed.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
Etymologies
- Old English dæġes ēaġe ("day's eye") due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English daisie, from Old English dæges ēage : dæges, genitive of dæg, day; see agh- in Indo-European roots + ēage, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That is what you called a daisy-cutter, and so we have also had that 15,000-pound munition in this fight.”
“A lot of families bring kids along in daisy chains, some of them on small bikes, Big Wheels and trainers.”
“The daisy is a visual icon for what Green Works is about.”
“The butterfly next to the daisy is from when I was born.”
“But the word daisy is derived from "day's eye" meaning the sun.”
“GUARD: We have things we call daisy chain IEDs, and they set up one that looks very obvious, and then we get out of our vehicles, and then I see three or four right beside us.”
“The word daisy was fashioned by speakers of Old English from the poetical "day's eye.”
“August 5, 2009 at 12: 03 am | Reply daisy is wonderful, hopefully she will become a regular on food network … … … … .. daisy is a breath of fresh air after so many repeats of the same hosts several times a day, a little much of them, its turn off tv and cook a daisy receipe, or find something else to watch … … … … daisy and her receipes are easy to follow and she explains well. again, daisy you are wonderful, and food network should bring you back permanant, we look forward to sat morning for viva daisy .. thank you for your receipes”
“Even to this day, I’ll be planting and think How can I ever forget that this daisy is ‘Insert Name of Forgotten Cultivar Here.’”
“Known as a daisy cutter, the fifteen-thousand-pound bomb was used in the Gulf War to clear minefields.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘daisy’.
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Common English Words That Are Also Fi...
art, bob, bill, grace, hope, john, heather, pat, amber, jack, dale, glen and 170 more...
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Home Sweet Home
Actual Towns and Cities with Poetic Names.
If you know where the town is located please put that in the comments. All of mine came out of a zip code directory.phlox, blue mountain, battles wharf, robinwood, blue spring, coffee springs, cottage hill, hazel green, highland home, sunflower, three notch, circle and 94 more...
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Flora
Flowers and plants have some of the most beautiful names.
These are often the common names, as opposed to the scientific or botanical names.daffodil, gardenia, tulip, snapdragon, violet, orchid, bleeding heart, daisy, lily, lilac, narcissus, rose and 278 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Nature and Environment
north, east, west, mountain, sea, beach, river, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, island and 205 more...
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Daisies
Daisy, daisy, daisies, daisy chain, daisy dukes, Daisy Duke, Daisy Miller, Daisy Bell, Daisy Duck, Daisy Fuentes, Daisy Buchanan, daisy wheel printer and 17 more...
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• This is the story of the Hurriclone
Also known as Yes, we hurricane.
A collective effort to list all first names that are also hurricane/cyclone/tropical storm names.
The only rules are
1) double-check...katrina, camille, rita, klaus, beulah, isabel, betsy, carol, hazel, connie, diane, ione and 85 more...
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delicate girl names
anne, cecily, dahlia, petal, orchid, lilac, lise, belle, melody, grace, rose, lily and 10 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
ridiculous, brummagem, predicament, sanctimonious, vapid, eschew, admonish, auspicious, capitulation, enumerate, lachrymose, tenet and 1648 more...
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Alternate
vixen, dulcet, iridescent, maiden, elysian, rhapsody, doll, ambrosia, azalea, daisy, holly, star and 8 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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i don't like cricket, i love it
Words without which cricket could not be.
keeper, stumper, bad light stopped..., wicket keeper, rain stopped play, sight screen, bodyline, leg bye, duck, duckworth-lewis, t20, one-day game and 245 more...
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#1
Words I Like
abide, sashay, microbial, scented, nature, amorphous, unknown, imagine, photogenic, soft, silken, history and 188 more...
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My Little Ponies 3
A list of My Little Pony names from the G3 collection. 2003-present
wysteria, rainbow dash, sweetberry, sunny daze, kimono, minty, pinkie pie, sparkleworks, star swirl, autumn skye, butterscotch, moondancer and 361 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for daisy.
bilby Andrew Symonds:-( Some days he's hung over, some days he goes fishin'. Apr 22, 2009
gangerh Used by Darren Gough to describe Chris Gayle. When asked 'why daisy' Darren said that it's a term used to describe some cricketers who 'some days they do and some days they don't'. Apr 21, 2009
treeseed a town in Arkansas, USA Feb 27, 2008