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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