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daisy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun daisy has 1 sense
- daisy(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl; is a kind of flower
is a member of bellis, genus bellis
has particulars: bellis perennis, common daisy, english daisy
OXFORD DICTIONARY
daisy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a small composite plant, Bellis perennis, bearing flowers each with a yellow disc and white rays. b any other plant with daisy-like flowers, esp. the larger ox-eye daisy, the Michaelmas daisy, or the Shasta daisy.
2 sl. a first-rate specimen of anything.
1 a a small composite plant, Bellis perennis, bearing flowers each with a yellow disc and white rays. b any other plant with daisy-like flowers, esp. the larger ox-eye daisy, the Michaelmas daisy, or the Shasta daisy.
2 sl. a first-rate specimen of anything.
Idiom
daisy-chain a string of daisies threaded together. daisy-cutter Cricket a ball bowled so as to roll along the ground. daisy wheel Computing a disc of spokes extending radially from a central hub, each terminating in a printing character, used as a printer in word processors and typewriters. pushing up the daisies sl. dead and buried.
Etymology
OE d{aelig}ges eage day's eye, the flower opening in the morning
THESAURUS
daisy
ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, honey, humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu, nifty, peach, pip, pippin, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz
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