A daisy is a small wild flower with a yellow centre and white petals.
daisy in British English
(ˈdeɪzɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-sies
1.
a small low-growing European plant, Bellis perennis, having a rosette of leaves and flower heads of yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. Also called: oxeye daisy, marguerite, moon daisy
a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
3.
any of various other composite plants having conspicuous ray flowers, such as the Michaelmas daisy and Shasta daisy
4. slang
an excellent person or thing
5. pushing up the daisies
Derived forms
daisied (ˈdaisied)
adjective
Word origin
Old English dægesēge day's eye
Daisy in American English
(ˈdeɪzi)
noun
a feminine name
Word origin
< daisy
daisy in American English
(ˈdeɪzi)
nounWord forms: pluralˈdaisies
1. US
a common plant (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) of the composite family, bearing flowers with white rays around a yellow disk; oxeye daisy
2.
any similar member of the composite family; esp., the English daisy
3.
the flower of any of these plants
4. Slang, Obsolete
something excellent
Idioms:
push up (the) daisies
Word origin
ME daies ie < OE dæges eage, lit., day's eye < dæges, gen. of dæg, day + eage, eye
White and yellow daisies adorn fields, orchards and olive groves.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This is called a daisy chain device.
The Sun (2009)
Some of the dresses were suspended from the neck by a kind of daisy chain.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The flowers are like oversized field daisies with laundered white rays surrounding large flat yellow discs.
Eddison, Sydney A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (1990)
We arrive on a hill overlooking a village, amid green grass and yellow daisies.
Christianity Today (2000)
They are tall white daisies with a yellow centre, and often grow in colonies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Butterflies enjoy the daisy family too, and there are a few that they especially love.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's always the simple activities like making a daisy chain or rolling down a hill that can be the most enjoyable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is like a yellow daisy, but the circle in the middle looks as if it were made of old gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This cheery daisy has white and pink blushed flowers from June right through to October.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Solid colonies of wiry upright stems, filigree foliage and masses of small, pale yellow daisies make a cheerful chunky clump.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
These are usually upright, with bushy growth and a bold outline, either in the form of distinctive spires or large daisy flowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The biggest daisy chain I found was 100 artillery shells long.
The Sun (2009)
If I had chosen to spend the past few hours making daisy chains, this column would not have been written.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Word lists with
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In other languages
daisy
British English: daisy /ˈdeɪzɪ/ NOUN
A daisy is a small wild flower with a yellow centre and white petals.
American English: daisy
Arabic: أُقْحُوان
Brazilian Portuguese: margarida
Chinese: 雏菊
Croatian: tratinčica
Czech: sedmikráska
Danish: bellis
Dutch: madeliefje
European Spanish: margarita
Finnish: päivänkakkara
French: pâquerette
German: Gänseblümchen
Greek: μαργαρίτα
Italian: margherita
Japanese: ヒナギク
Korean: 데이지
Norwegian: prestekrage
Polish: stokrotka
European Portuguese: margarida
Romanian: margaretă
Russian: ромашка
Latin American Spanish: margarita
Swedish: tusensköna
Thai: ดอกเดซี่
Turkish: papatya
Ukrainian: маргаритка
Vietnamese: hoa cúc
All related terms of 'daisy'
daisy ham
a boned and smoked piece of pork from the pig's shoulder
daisy bush
any of various shrubs of the genus Olearia , of Australia and New Zealand , with daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae ( composites )
daisy chain
A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace .
daisy wheel
a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
moon daisy
a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
oxeye daisy
→ daisy (sense 1 )
upsy-daisy
an expression , usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up
daisy cutter
a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
English daisy
a small perennial plant ( Bellis perennis ) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
Shasta daisy
a Pyrenean plant, Chrysanthemum maximum , widely cultivated for its large white daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae ( composites )
yellow daisy
→ black-eyed Susan
Barberton daisy
any plant of the perennial genus Gerbera , esp the Barberton daisy from S Africa, G . jamesonii, grown, usually as a greenhouse plant, for its large brightly coloured daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae
Livingstone daisy
a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum , esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial ) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
Michaelmas daisy
any of various plants of the genus Aster that have small autumn-blooming purple , pink , or white flowers: family Asteraceae ( composites )
whoops-a-daisy
an exclamation of surprise , as when a person falls over, or of apology
fresh as a daisy
very fresh , bright , or alert
lazy daisy stitch
an embroidery stitch consisting of a long chain stitch, usually used in making flower patterns
daisy-wheel printer
a type of printer that uses a daisywheel
olearia
any of various shrubs of the genus Olearia, of Australia and New Zealand , with daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae ( composites )
creeper
Creepers are plants with long stems that wind themselves around objects.