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.
daisied
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a word derived from
daisy.
Example Sentences
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The budding floweret blushes at the light, The meads are dappled with the yellow hue, In daisied mantle is the mountain dight, The tender cowslip bendeth with the dew.
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall
Ware had evidently come under protest, for he lingered in the daisied grass which was dappled with shadows and tinkling with bobolinks and catbirds.
From Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland
No priestly stern procession now Moves through their rows of pillars old; No victims bleed, no Druids bow— Sheep make the daisied aisles their fold.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
Michael was not allowed to maintain his attitude of disinterested commentary, for the girl in the daisied hat presently addressed him, and he did not wish to hurt her feelings by not replying.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
Friday.—Our garden has grown beautiful at last, beautiful with fresh foliage and daisied grass.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
