daisy
noun
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
daisy
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[dey-zee]
/ ˈdeɪ zi /
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daisies
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any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
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Also called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds.
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Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality.
That new car is a daisy.
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a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.
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Daisy
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[dey-zee]
/ ˈdeɪ zi /
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daisy
British
/ ˈdeɪzɪ /
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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)
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Also called: oxeye daisy. marguerite. moon daisy. a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
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any of various other composite plants having conspicuous ray flowers, such as the Michaelmas daisy and Shasta daisy
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slang an excellent person or thing
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dead and buried
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Etymology
Origin of daisy
before 1000; Middle English dayesye, Old English dægesēge the day's eye
Explanation
A daisy is a cheerful white flower with yellow in the center. Drive through the countryside in mid-summer and you can often see whole fields full of daisies. Daisies grow wild in many places, and they're also cultivated in gardens as a perennial, a plant that returns year after year. One invasive variation is called a "lawn daisy" because it quickly and easily takes over grassy lawns and is notoriously hard to mow down. The word daisy comes from day's eye, an informal name that arose from the flower's habit of closing its petals when the sun goes down at the end of the day.
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And then “the daisy chain of correlated bets” will start to fracture.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
What all these companies have in common is that they have built internal knowledge factories that daisy chain together small, simple, fast AIs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
Just two years after “Cruise” debuted, duo Maddie & Tae had heard enough about arm candy and daisy dukes to satirize the subgenre’s views on women with 2015’s “Girl in a Country Song.”
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
June had on lavender pedal pushers with daisy buttons up the sides, the likes of which I’d never seen before.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
In Las Vegas, the Electric Daisy Carnival has two chapels for weddings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s not uncommon to find breakfast burritos that exceed $20, like the $24 wrap with beef machaca and shrimp offered on Daisy Margarita Bar’s weekend brunch menu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Military spokesman Yahya Saree said missiles hit the tanker Wafa off Yanbu in the northern Red Sea and the tanker Daisy in the Gulf of Aden.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
She hid her habit with lash extensions, but when beauty salons closed during Covid Daisy decided to create a serum to help her eyelashes grow back.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Daisy came around the corner of the house on her crutch; humming a silly little tune.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Fans like Harry and Damon, from Waterloo in London, came dressed as daisies, in tribute to Ariana's latest album, Petal.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The team investigated evolution in Scalesia, a group of plants commonly called the Galápagos giant daisies.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
A weedy meadow Full of burdock and daisies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
If I’m reading my wildflowers handbook right, these were tidy tips, Goldfields, Owl’s Clover, thistle sage, Valley Larkspur, coreopsis, phacelia and hillside daisies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
He sat on a stone, looking with wet eyes at a blurred world, at the statues, Amanda, Gower, and the others, at the daisies beyond the statues, at the tall, silent trees.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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