daisy
See also: Daisy and DAISY
English
Bellis perennis
Alternative forms
- daisie, daysie
Etymology
From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæġes ēage (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪ.zi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪzi
Noun
daisy (plural daisies)
- A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
- Many other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.
Derived terms
- African bush daisy (Euryops chrysanthemoides)
- African daisies (Osteospermum spp.)
- angelita daisy (Tetraneuris acaulis)
- Barberton daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)
- blackfoot daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)
- bull daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- Cape beach daisy (Arctotheca populifolia)
- Carmel daisy (Scabiosa prolifera)
- common daisy (Bellis perennis)
- crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
- cut-leaved daisy (Brachyscome multifida)
- Daisy Bank
- daisy bushes (Brachyglottis greyi, Olearia spp.)
- daisy-chain
- daisy chain
- daisy-cutter
- daisy cutter
- Daisy Hill
- daisy-kicker
- daisy wheel
- daisy wheel printer
- dill daisies (Argyranthemum spp.)
- dog daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- electric daisy (Acmella oleracea)
- Engelmann's daisy (Engelmannia peristenia)
- English daisy (Bellis perennis)
- field daisy (Brachyscome decipiens)
- freeway daisy (Osteospermum fruticosum et al.}
- fresh as a daisy
- globe daisies (Globularia spp.)
- grassland daisy (Brachyscome graminea)
- Hawkesbury daisy (Brachyscome multifida)
- hill daisy (Brachyscome aculeata)
- lawn daisy (Bellis perennis)
- lazy daisy
- Livingstone daisy (Cleretum bellidiforme)
- Lord Howe daisy (Brachyscome segmentosa)
- marguerite daisies (Argyranthemum spp.)
- Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus)
- midsummer daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- Montauk daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum)
- moon daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- Moroccan daisy (Rhodanthemum hosmariense)
- mountain daisy (Brachyscome segmentosa)
- Nippon daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum)
- oopsy-daisy
- orange daisy (Erigeron aurantiacus)
- ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- painted daisy (Tanacetum coccineum)
- Paris daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens)
- push up daisies
- Pyrenees daisy (Leucanthemum lacustre)
- rock daisy (Brachyscome multifida)
- sea daisy (Armeria maritima)
- seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
- Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum × superbum)
- showy daisy (Erigeron speciosus)
- Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)
- snow daisy (Brachyscome nivalis)
- stiff daisy (Brachyscome graminea)
- swamp daisy (Brachyscome basaltica)
- Swan River daisy (Brachyscome iberidifolia)
- Tahoka daisy (Machaeranthera tanacetifolia)
- Townsend daisy (Townsendia)
- Transvaal daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)
- tricolor daisy (Ismelia carinata)
- tufted daisy (Brachyscome scapigera)
- turfing daisy (Tripleurospermum tchihatchewii, Tripleurospermum oreades)
- variable daisy (Brachyscome ciliaris)
- white daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
- whoops-a-daisy, whoopsy-daisy, upsy-daisy
- whoopsie-daisy
- woolly daisy (Antheropeas wallacei)
- yam daisy (Microseris lanceolata)
- yellow paper daisy (Helichrysum bracteatum)
- yellow-tongue daisy (Brachyscome chrysoglossa)
Translations
Bellis perennis
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References
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Anagrams
- I'd say, Sayid, diyas