daisy
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daisy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Daisy \Dai"sy\ (d[=a]"z[y^]), n.; pl. Daisies (d[=a]"z[i^]z).
[OE. dayesye, AS. d[ae]ges-e['a]ge day's eye, daisy. See
Day, and Eye.] (Bot.)
(a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family
Composit[ae]. The common English and classical daisy is
Bellis perennis, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of
other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.
[1913 Webster]
Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of
which there are many species.
Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy
(b) .
[1913 Webster] daisybush
daisy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
daisy
n 1: any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with
well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single
whorl
daisy - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :
Daisy
A functional language.
["Daisy Programming Manual", S.D. Johnson, CS Dept TR, Indiana
U, 1988].
daisy - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Daisy, AR (town, FIPS 17140)
Location: 34.23309 N, 93.74189 W
Population (1990): 122 (104 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Daisy, GA (city, FIPS 21268)
Location: 32.15085 N, 81.83713 W
Population (1990): 138 (57 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Daisy, KY
Zip code(s): 41733
Daisy, MO
Zip code(s): 63743
Daisy, OK
Zip code(s): 74540
daisy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "daisy":
ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, honey,
humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu, nifty,
peach, pip, pippin, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz
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