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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[day-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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[day-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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Derivatives and securitizations, whose volumes remain high, diffuse risk through the financial system but also link entities in daisy chains of risk.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
All three sections brim with short essays on various plant species such as rose, clover, iris, violet, daisy and lily of the valley, which Dior fashioned into silhouettes and blossoming decorative surfaces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
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 ● Aug. 3, 2025
The wall paintings are adorned with candelabras, stringed instruments called lyres, white cranes and a delicate daisy.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
I draw a horizontal line for the ground and a daisy popping up next to the tree.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The common link seems to be Daisy Wolcott, a wealthy eccentric who devoted her life and fortune to the discovery and preservation of obscure vegetation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It’s an integral story to British identity. That’s why people feel an emotional attachment to it,” said Daisy Dixon, a philosophy of art lecturer at the University of Cardiff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Like her mother before her, Eimear McVerry was hoping to give birth at Daisy Hill.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Mothers waiting to give birth at Daisy Hill have described Monday's announcement that maternity services may be suspended at the hospital, as "a kick in the teeth".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Ignoring my remark, Daisy set the tray on the small table in the room and started looking over her nursing supplies.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
The team investigated evolution in Scalesia, a group of plants commonly called the Galápagos giant daisies.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their home shirt pays homage to the '70s and features an embossed print inspired by daisies.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
To which I say: The daisies, of course!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
When Molina started selling Altadena-themed merch on Sidecca’s website, Bolding donated three designs, including one with lively retro daisies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Patches of daisies sprouted from the rock in sandy places, with a few determined bumblebees buzzing around them, but mostly there was wide, warm rock to walk on at a slow but steady rise.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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