[dey-zee] Pronunciation Key | 1. | any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy. |
| 2. | Also called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds. Compare picnic (def. 3). |
| 3. | Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality: That new car is a daisy. |
| 4. | a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds. |
| 5. | push up daisies, Informal. to be dead and buried. |
] —Related forms
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| dai·sy
(dā'zē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. dai·sies
[Middle English daisie, from Old English dæges ēage : dæges, genitive of dæg, day; see agh- in Indo-European roots + ēage, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
daisy
| daisy | |
noun | |
| any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
daisy
In addition to the idiom beginning with daisy, also see fresh as a daisy; push up daisies.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Daisy
A functional language.
["Daisy Programming Manual", S.D. Johnson, CS Dept TR, Indiana U, 1988].
Daisy, KY Zip code(s): 41733
Daisy, MO Zip code(s): 63743
Daisy, OK Zip code(s): 74540
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)
Soddy-Daisy, TN (city, FIPS 69560) Location: 35.26259 N, 85.17219 W
Population (1990): 8240 (3356 housing units)
Area: 44.9 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
Soddy Daisy, TN Zip code(s): 37379
daisy
Dai"sy\, n.; pl. Daisies. [OE. dayesye, AS. d[ae]ges?eage 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 B. prennis, 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. Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b) .Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











