dai·sy

(dā′zē)

n. pl. dai·sies

1. Any of several plants of the composite family, especially:

a. A widely naturalized Eurasian plant (Leucanthemum vulgare syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) having flower heads with a yellow center and white rays. Also called oxeye daisy, white daisy.

b. A low-growing plant (Bellis perennis) native to Europe and widely naturalized, having flower heads with white or pinkish rays. Also called English daisy.

c. The flower head of any of these plants.

2. Slang One that is deemed excellent or notable.

[Middle English daisie, from Old English dæges ēage : dæges, genitive of dæg, day; see agh- in Indo-European roots + ēage, eye; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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daisy

(ˈdeɪzɪ)

n, pl -sies

1. (Plants) a small low-growing European plant, Bellis perennis, having a rosette of leaves and flower heads of yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. (Plants) Also called: oxeye daisy, marguerite or moon daisy a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays

3. (Plants) any of various other composite plants having conspicuous ray flowers, such as the Michaelmas daisy and Shasta daisy

4. slang an excellent person or thing

5. pushing up the daisies dead and buried

[Old English dægesēge day's eye]

ˈdaisied adj

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dai•sy

(ˈdeɪ zi)

n., pl. -sies.

1. any of various composite plants that have flower heads of a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and oxeye daisy.

2. Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality.

Idioms:

push up daisies, Informal. to be dead and buried.

[before 1000; Middle English dayesye, Old English dægesēge the day's eye]

dai′sied, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

daisy - any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

Bellis, genus Bellis - daisy

Bellis perennis, common daisy, English daisy - low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers

Translations

أُقْحُوان

kopretinasedmikráskasedmikráska chudobka

bellismarguerittusindfryd

Gänseblümchen

μαργαρίτα

margaritamargarita comúnchiribita

päivänkakkaratuhatkaunokaunokainen

pâquerette marguerite

tratinčica

százszorszép

freyjubrá, fagurfífill

margherita pratolina

ヒナギク

데이지

ramunėsaulutėskaistažiedė

madeliefje

prestekrage tusenfrydmargaritt

stokrotka

margarida

маргаритка ромашка

sedmokráska

marjetica

tusensköna

ดอกเดซี่

papatya

hoa cúc

雏菊

daisy

[ˈdeɪzɪ]

A. N → margarita f
to be pushing up the daisies → criar malvas

B. CPD daisy chain N (lit) → guirnalda f de margaritas (fig) → serie f

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daisy

[ˈdeɪzi] n (= flower) → pâquerette f daisy chaindaisy chain n → guirlande f de pâquerettesdaisy wheel n (on printer) → marguerite fdaisy-wheel printer n → imprimante f à marguerite

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daisy

n → Gänseblümchen nt; to be pushing up the daisies (inf) → sich (dat) → die Radieschen von unten besehen (hum)

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daisy

[ˈdeɪzɪ] n (wild) → pratolina, margheritina; (cultivated) → margherita

daisy

(ˈdeizi) – plural ˈdaisies – noun

a type of small common flower with a yellow centre and usually white petals. The field was full of daisies.

daisy

→ أُقْحُوان sedmikráska bellis Gänseblümchen μαργαρίτα margarita päivänkakkara pâquerette tratinčica margherita ヒナギク 데이지 madeliefje prestekrage stokrotka margarida ромашка tusensköna ดอกเดซี่ papatya hoa cúc 雏菊

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We'll drink the daisies of the field, in compliment to you; and the lilies of the valley that toil not, neither do they spin, in compliment to me - the more shame for me!' A moody smile that had overspread his features cleared off as he said this merrily, and he was his own frank, winning self again.

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This time she came upon a large flower-bed, with a border of daisies, and a willow-tree growing in the middle.

'Never mind!' Alice said in a soothing tone, and stooping down to the daisies, who were just beginning again, she whispered, 'If you don't hold your tongues, I'll pick you!'

There was silence in a moment, and several of the pink daisies turned white.

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I think there has not been so much on a cricket match since the day when Sir Horace Mann walked about Broad Ha'penny agitatedly cutting down the daisies with his stick.

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Well, Fred, I don't mind telling you that the secret is that I'm one of a noble race--it has been just found out by me this present afternoon, P.M." And as he made the announcement, Durbeyfield, declining from his sitting position, luxuriously stretched himself out upon the bank among the daisies.

The lad departed, and Durbeyfield lay waiting on the grass and daisies in the evening sun.

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There is nothing he will not promise the poor hungry human heart, with his innocent-looking daisies and those practised liars the birds.

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A haycart had been decked with green vines and bunches of long-stemmed field daisies, those gay darlings of New England meadows.

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We are delighted to offer a mixture of premium Bellis Daisies, producing beautiful double daisy-like flowers in spring.

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DAISIES SPRING UP SPRING may be taking its time but there's a whole trio of Daisies popping up on the beauty lawn right now.

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The common daisy, above, we all loved to pick as children, is just one of a massive variety which includes, pictured top right down, calendula marigold, Michaelmas daisies, heleniums and cutleaf coneflower (rudbeckia) Dahlias are popular in many British gardens THERE'S a basic prettiness and innocence about daisies - probably because they evoke childhood garden memories of picking them from the lawn and making daisy chains.

Nothing humble about these daisies