daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪ.zi/
rhymes: -eɪzi
Forms: form: daisies
form: daisie
form: daysie
Etymology: From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæġes ēage (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.
Senses: glosses: A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
glosses: Any of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.
glosses: A boot or other footwear.
examples: text: Then Dan drew the sheath-knife and tested the edge of it on the gunwale.
"That's a daisy," said Harvey. "How did you get it so cheap?"
ref: 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
glosses: Something splendid; a doozy.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Euryops chrysanthemoides
word: African bush daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Osteospermum spp.
word: African daisies
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Tetraneuris acaulis
word: angelita daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Gerbera jamesonii
word: Barberton daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Bartlettia scaposa
word: Bartlett daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Melampodium leucanthum
word: blackfoot daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: blue daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum vulgare
word: bull daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Arctotheca populifolia
word: Cape beach daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Scabiosa prolifera
word: Carmel daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Bellis perennis
word: common daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Glebionis coronaria
word: crown daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome multifida
word: cut-leaved daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisied
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: Daisy Bank
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Olearia spp.
word: daisy bush
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy chain
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy-chain
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy cutter
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy-cutter
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy fleabane
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: Daisy Hill
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy-kicker
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisylike
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy wheel
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: daisy wheel printer
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: deuseaville
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Argyranthemum spp.
word: dill daisies
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum vulgare
word: dog daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: Easter daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Acmella oleracea
word: electric daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Engelmannia peristenia
word: Engelmann's daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Bellis perennis
word: English daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: false daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome decipiens
word: field daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
alt: Osteospermum fruticosum et al.
word: freeway daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: fresh as a daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Globularia spp.
word: globe daisies
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: gloriosa daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome graminea
word: grassland daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: ham-and-eggs daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome multifida
word: Hawkesbury daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome aculeata
word: hill daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: Hooker's Townsend daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: kingfisher daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Bellis perennis
word: lawn daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: lazy daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: livingstone daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Cleretum bellidiforme
word: Livingstone daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome segmentosa
word: Lord Howe daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Argyranthemum spp.
word: marguerite daisies
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: mat daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Aster amellus
word: Michaelmas daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum vulgare
word: midsummer daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Nipponanthemum nipponicum
word: Montauk daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum vulgare
word: moon daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Rhodanthemum hosmariense
word: Moroccan daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome segmentosa
word: mountain daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Nipponanthemum nipponicum
word: Nippon daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: oopsy-daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Erigeron aurantiacus
word: orange daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: ox-eye daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum vulgare
word: oxeye daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Tanacetum coccineum
word: painted daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Argyranthemum frutescens
word: Paris daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: poached egg daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: push up daisies
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum lacustre
word: Pyrenees daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome multifida
word: rock daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Armeria maritima
word: sea daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: sea oxeye daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Erigeron glaucus
word: seaside daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum × superbum
word: Shasta daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Erigeron speciosus
word: showy daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Sphagneticola trilobata
word: Singapore daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome nivalis
word: snow daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome graminea
word: stiff daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: straggler daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome basaltica
word: swamp daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome iberidifolia
word: Swan River daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
word: Tahoka daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Townsendia spp.
word: Townsend daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Gerbera jamesonii
word: Transvaal daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Ismelia carinata
word: tricolor daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome scapigera
word: tufted daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Tripleurospermum oreades
word: turfing daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: upsy-daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome ciliaris
word: variable daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Leucanthemum vulgare
word: white daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: whoops-a-daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: whoopsy-daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
word: whoopsie-daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
alt: Antheropeas wallacei
word: woolly daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Microseris lanceolata
word: yam daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Helichrysum bracteatum
word: yellow paper daisy
sense: terms derived from daisy
taxonomic: Brachyscome chrysoglossa
word: yellow-tongue daisy