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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.

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