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daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United States English daisy. This is a low European plant, cultivated in the United States mostly in the double form, with heads of white, pink, or red flowers. The English daisy, which closes at night, has long been considered the flower of children and of innocence. A purple species native to the lower Mississippi basin is called Western daisy ( Astranthum or Bellis integrifolium ). The common, often weedy, daisy of the United States ( Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ), called also white, or oxeye, daisy, is native to Europe but naturalized in America. The white daisy is one of the plants named marguerite, but the usual marguerite in cultivation is C. frutescens, a bushy perennial with white or lemon-yellow flowers, native to the Canary Islands and called also Paris daisy. Among other plants called daisy, yellow daisy is a synonym for the black-eyed Susan ; Michaelmas daisy, for an aster . The seaside daisy and daisy fleabane are species of the fleabane genus. Daisies are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae. |
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"daisy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "daisy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-daisy.html "daisy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-daisy.html |
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Daisy ♀ From the word denoting the flower, Old English dægesēage ‘day's eye’, so called because it uncovers the yellow disc of its centre in the morning and closes its petals over it again at the end of the day. The name was used early on as a punning pet form of Margaret, by association with French Marguerite, which is both a version of that name and the word for the flower. It was taken up at the end of the 19th century as part of the general vogue for flower names, and has enjoyed a steady rise in popularity since the mid-1990s.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Daisy." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Daisy." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Daisy.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Daisy." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Daisy.html |
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dai·sy / ˈdāzē/ • n. (pl. -ies) a small grassland plant (family Compositae) that has flowers with a yellow disk and white rays. It has given rise to many ornamental garden varieties. PHRASES: (as) fresh as a daisy healthy and full of energy. pushing up (the) daisies inf. dead and buried. ORIGIN: Old English dæges ēage ‘day's eye.’ |
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"daisy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "daisy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-daisy.html "daisy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-daisy.html |
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daisy the white-petalled, yellow-centred flowers of this plant are associated with spring (as in the proverb it is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies). In informal use (chiefly US) a daisy is something regarded as first-rate or charming.
daisy chain a string of daisies threaded together by their stems; in figurative usage, a series of associated or connected people or things. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "daisy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "daisy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-daisy.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "daisy." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-daisy.html |
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daisy Any of several members of the family Asteraceae/Compositae, especially the common English garden daisy, Bellis perennis. It has basal leaves and long stalks bearing solitary flower heads, each of which has a large, yellow, central disc and small radiating white petal-like florets.
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"daisy." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "daisy." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-daisy.html "daisy." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-daisy.html |
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daisy OE. dæġes ēaġe ‘day's eye’; so named from its covering the yellow disc in the evening and disclosing it in the morning.
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T. F. HOAD. "daisy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "daisy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-daisy.html T. F. HOAD. "daisy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-daisy.html |
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daisy See BELLIS.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "daisy." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "daisy." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-daisy.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "daisy." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-daisy.html |
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•jazzy, snazzy
•palsy-walsy • Ramsay
•pansy, tansy
•Anasazi, Ashkenazi, Ashkenazy, Benghazi, Ghazi, kamikaze, khazi, Stasi, Swazi
•prezzie
•frenzy, Mackenzie
•Bel Paese, Buthelezi, crazy, daisy, Farnese, glazy, hazy, lazy, Maisie, mazy, oops-a-daisy, Piranesi, upsy-daisy, Veronese
•stir-crazy
•breezy, cheesy, easy, easy-peasy, Kesey, Parcheesi, queasy, sleazy, wheezy, Zambezi
•teensy • speakeasy
•busy, dizzy, fizzy, frizzy, Izzy, Lizzie, tizzy
•flimsy, whimsy
•Kinsey, Lindsay, Lynsey
•poesy
•Aussie, cossie, mossie
•Swansea • gauzy • causey
•ballsy, palsy
•blowsy, Dalhousie, drowsy, frowzy, housey-housey, lousy
•cosy (US cozy), dozy, Josie, mafiosi, mosey, nosy, posey, posy, prosy, Rosie, rosy
•Boise, noisy
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"daisy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "daisy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-daisy.html "daisy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-daisy.html |
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