DAISY

daisy

(noun) any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals

Many other flowering plants of various species.

(Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

Etymology 1

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".

Proper noun

Daisy

A female given name from English.

A common name for a cow.

Etymology 2

Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.

Noun

Daisy (plural Daisies)

A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

Proper noun

DAISY

Acronym of Digital Accessible Information System: an XML-based open standard for people whose disability makes it difficult to read print.

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

Source: Wiktionary


Dai"sy, n.; pl. Daisies. Etym: [OE. dayesye, AS. dæges day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositæ. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.

Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species.

– Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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