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
1 American
[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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American
[day-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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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
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 ● Jul. 17, 2025
While in the sky, the singer warbled “What a Wonderful World” and flashed a daisy she’d brought along, then kissed the Earth when she and her all-female flightmates landed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
A sharp gust of wind tore the daisy from his grasp.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles went boldly into ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ rethinking the text with director Georgia Oakley, who encouraged exploration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
This time, Sense—the reserved, discreet, well-mannered Elinor Dashwood—is played by Daisy Edgar-Jones, the star of 2024’s “Twisters” and 2022’s “Where the Crawdads Sing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
Supported by Loewe, Daisy Chain Fields presents an exhibition celebrating the Riot Grrrl movement and punk feminism across the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
As I was shutting the cellar door, Daisy showed up.
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
John Pickles, a "postcode gardener" with Friends of the Earth, said a patch of grass on the Orchard Park estate had been brought to life with flowers including ox-eye daisies, purple thistles and yellow poppies.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
On another day, Maude asks Harold what kind of flower he’d like to be, and he says one of the many daisies they’re walking amongst, because they’re all alike.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
Their neighbors followed suit, and soon there were scores of street enclosures bright with tulips, daisies and geraniums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Crouching, he pulled his tail between his legs and dropped out of sight in the daisies.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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