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 /
noun
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
Moving to her piano to bang out “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens, wearing a daisy in her hair that she picked in the cemetery earlier.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
Overloading can happen in two ways - one is known as "daisy chaining".
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
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
Idly Eleanor picked a wild daisy, which died in her fingers, and, lying on the grass, looked up into its dead face.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
St. John Bosco began its preparation to be hydrated and avoid cramps on Monday with constant reminders on taking fluids all week by athletic trainer Daisy Martinez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
In Las Vegas, the Electric Daisy Carnival has two chapels for weddings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
"I think live shopping gives people that connection and interaction that we're all craving...We actually generated over £100,000 revenue in one 12 hour TikTok live," says Daisy, now 27.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Daisy frowned and said, “I don’t know how he’s getting along. He won’t let me get close to him.”
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
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
Then she set down their cake and together they decorated its edge with yellow daisies.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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