daisy

¹

[dey-zee]

noun

plural

daisies 

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

2. Also called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds.

3. Slang.,  someone or something of first-rate quality.

   That new car is a daisy.

4. a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.

Daisy

²

[dey-zee]

noun

1. a female given name.

daisy

/ ˈdeɪzɪ /

noun

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

3. 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. dead and buried

Other Word Forms

• daisied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of daisy¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of daisy¹

Old English dægesēge day's eye

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

More idioms and phrases containing daisy

• fresh as a daisy
• push up daisies

Example Sentences

Their middle-school classmates include a ghost, a cloud, a banana, an ice cream cone, a daisy, a balloon, a cactus, a T. Rex and a flying eyeball.

From Los Angeles Times

“They just want to walk around on your lawn, eating grass or daisies or other non-indigenous species of plants. It’s just plain easier. They don’t want to run for anything if they can help it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Going to sleep in the cryochamber – with its pods radiating outward like the petals of a suspended animation daisy – was their second mistake.

From Salon

The ad showing a girl counting petals she pulls from a daisy blends into a countdown for the launch of nuclear missile.

From Los Angeles Times

The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.

From BBC

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