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
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.
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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".
Daisy
A female given name from English.
A common name for a cow.
Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.
Daisy (plural Daisies)
A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.
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DAISY
Acronym of Digital Accessible Information System: an XML-based open standard for people whose disability makes it difficult to read print.
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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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
