Daisy
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dai·sy 
[dey-zee] Pronunciation Key
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[dey-zee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -sies.
—Idiom
| 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. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME dayesye, OE dægesége the day's eye]
] —Related forms
daisied, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
daisy
daisy
O.E. dægesege, from dæges eage "day's eye," because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk. In M.L. it was solis oculus "sun's eye." Daisy-cutter first attested 1791, originally of horses that trotted with low steps; later of cricket (1889) and baseball hits that skim along the ground. Daisy-chain in the "group sex" sense is attested from 1941. Pushing up daisies "dead" is attested from 1918, but variant with the same meaning go back to 1842.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| daisy | |
noun | |
| any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
daisy
In addition to the idiom beginning with daisy, also see fresh as a daisy; push up daisies.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
Daisy
A functional language.
["Daisy Programming Manual", S.D. Johnson, CS Dept TR, Indiana U, 1988].
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
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
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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) .
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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