daisy
noun /ˈdeɪzi/
/ˈdeɪzi/
(plural daisies)
Idioms - a small wild flower with white petals around a yellow centre; a taller plant with similar but larger flowers see also Michaelmas daisyTopics Plants and treesc2
enlarge imageOxford Collocations DictionaryDaisy is used before these nouns:- chain
Word OriginOld English dæges ēage ‘day's eye’ (because the flower opens in the morning and closes at night).
Idioms
be pushing up (the) daisies
- (old-fashioned, humorous) to be dead and buried in the ground