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daisy
1[ dey-zee ]
noun
- any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- Also called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds. Compare picnic ( def 3 ).
- Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality:
That new car is a daisy.
- a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.
Daisy
2[ dey-zee ]
noun
- a female given name.
daisy
/ ˈ»å±ðɪ³úɪ /
noun
- 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)
- Also calledoxeye daisymargueritemoon daisy a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
- any of various other composite plants having conspicuous ray flowers, such as the Michaelmas daisy and Shasta daisy
- slang.an excellent person or thing
- pushing up the daisiesdead and buried
Derived Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of daisy1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of daisy1
Idioms and Phrases
- push up daisies, Informal. to be dead and buried.
More idioms and phrases containing daisy
In addition to the idiom beginning with daisy , also see fresh as a daisy ; push up daisies .Example Sentences
The show’s iconic logo, dollar signs and daisies dot the walls, with nods to the 10,000th episode, including a 10K-shaped floral arrangement.
The family opened a second farm in Artesia for daffodils and daisies, before the suburban sprawl pushed them out.
Outlined with a Krink paint marker, the oversize gerbera daisy mural makes a statement from every room in the apartment.
A daisy tinged with ultraviolet petals signals to a bumblebee: dinner’s served.
She said "nobody is allowed to touch his patch of daisies".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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