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Webster 1913 Edition


Daisy

Dai′sy

(dā′zy̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Daisies
(dā′zĭz)
.
[OE.
dayesye
, AS.
dæges-eáge
day’s eye, daisy. See
Day
, and
Eye
.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A genus of low herbs (
Bellis
), belonging to the family
Compositæ
. The common English and classical
daisy
is
Bellis perennis
, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.
(b)
The whiteweed (
Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum
), the plant commonly called
daisy
in North America; – called also
oxeye daisy
. See
Whiteweed
.
☞ The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as
Erigeron
, or fleabane.
Michaelmas daisy
(Bot.)
,
any plant of the genus
Aster
, of which there are many species.
Oxeye daisy
(Bot.)
,
the whiteweed. See
Daisy
(b)
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Daisy

DA'ISY

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Bellis, of several varieties. The blue daisy belongs to the genus Globularia, as does the globe daisy; the greater or ox-eye daisy belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum; and the middle daisy, to the Doronicum.

Definition 2024


Daisy

Daisy

See also: daisy

English

Proper noun

Daisy

  1. A female given name.
    • 1867 Alice Cary, The Bishop's Son, G. W. Carleton&Co, 1867, page 31:
      Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance.
    • 1892 Harry Dacre, Daisy Bell ( a song ) :
      Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you!
    • 1929 Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, Modern Library 1957, page 45
      She was a timid, sensitive girl, looking like her name - Daisy-ish industrious and thorough in her studies; - - -
    • 1976 R. K. Narayan, The Painter of Signs, Penguin Classics 1982, ISBN 0140185496, page 115
      "Isn't she a Christian or something - a name which is..."
      "Nothing more than the name of a flower, that's all. Daisy is a flower." He realized he was not sure what flower it was. "It's a most lovely flower grown in America, England, and so forth. What is wrong with that name?"
  2. A common name for a cow.
    • 1875 E. L. Sturtevant, J. N. Sturtevant, The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, A. Williams and company, page 160:
      The heifer Daisy died in September 1811.
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Etymology 2

Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.

Noun

Daisy (plural Daisies)

  1. A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.

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See also

  • Appendix:Names for animals

Navajo

Etymology

From adeezhí (younger sister).

Proper noun

Daisy

  1. A surname.

daisy

daisy

See also: Daisy

English

Bellis perennis

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

  1. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
  2. Many other flowering plants of various species.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) boots or other footwear. From daisy roots.

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