daisy
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- noun
- /ˈdeɪ.zi/
- A calendar showing a basket full of daisies hung on the farthest wall.
- daisy petals
- a field of daisies
- white daisies
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Watch on YouTubeLike it's not that you just skip through the field and like, you know, smell a Daisy and you're not paying attention.
- Like it's not that you just skip through the field and like, you know, smell a Daisy and you're not paying attention.
- paved with butterflies and daisies and like, that's it.
Examples
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Genevieve kept her desk adorned with daisies during the four exhausting years of medical school.
Fiction book (1996) -
I look around and see he's put a daisy on top of each can.
Fiction book (1992) -
A little pot of supermarket daisies stood at the center of the table.
Academic text (1998) -
My initials and a daisy, because daisies are my favorite flower.
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And she said, "The one with the daisies and the little rosebuds, "because daisies are such homey flowers, "and rosebuds are so cheerful and always waiting to bloom."
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Audrey's eyes widened at the vases and baskets of roses, daisies, freesias, and astromeria.
Fiction book (1993) -
The garden is full of beautiful daisies that attract many butterflies.
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She picked a daisy from the meadow and put it in her hair.
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After a long day, he found relaxation in painting a field of daisies in bright colors.
Synonyms
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A small low-growing plant with a yellow centre and white or pink petals often in lawns
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8.7
A small plant that grows close to the ground with a yellow center and white or pink petals
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2.1
A small low-growing wild flower with a yellow center and white or pink petals in lawns
Compounds
- NSFW
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9.8
A bomb that breaks into many small fast metal pieces to hit soldiers and vehicles
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A tall plant with white petals and a yellow center that grows in fields and gardens
- Indian
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7.4
A garden plant from Asia with divided scented leaves and white, pink, or purple flowers that keeps insects away
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9.4
A garden plant with small purple, pink, or white flowers that bloom in autumn
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4.8
A small low-growing plant with a yellow centre and white or pink petals often in lawns
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9.4
A low bushy plant with white daisy-like flowers that grows well in dry, rocky soil
- Australian
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8.0
An evergreen shrub with many daisy-like flowers and sometimes fragrant leaves grown in gardens
- Specialized
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7.7
A low, spreading plant with thick leaves and single pink or purple flowers that grows by the sea
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8.7
A small wildflower with white petals and a yellow centre that grows in fields and along roadsides
- Specialized
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7.5
A small plant with soft, hairy leaves and tiny yellow flowers that lives for one year
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2.1
A small low-growing wild flower with a yellow center and white or pink petals in lawns
- South African
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8.6
A low plant with thick leaves and bright flowers grown in gardens
- US
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8.4
A plant from northwestern United States with large, bright pink, light purple, or white flowers
A bushy plant that lives for many years and has white or violet flowers with blue centers
- US
An annual plant with grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers that grows in dry sunny places
A plant with rough leaves and pale yellow flowers that gives off a strong smell
- Specialized
A rough grey-green plant with bright yellow flowers that lives for one year
- US
Small low plant with soft hairy leaves and white daisy-like flowers that bloom in early spring
- South African
A South African plant with soft hairy leaves and bright blue daisy-like flowers
- Australian
A plant with bright pink, papery flowers like small daisies often used dried for decoration
- Australian
A plant from western Australia that lives for one year and has bright white, blue or purple flowers
- US
A wild flower with narrow bright purple petals and fernlike leaves that grows from Alberta to Mexico
- US
A small plant that lives for one year with soft grey leaves and small yellow flower heads
- Australian
A small Australian plant with bright yellow flowers used in dried flower displays
Thin plant from western North America that lives for several years with slightly hairy leaves and yellow flowers
How Showy
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Daisy comes from an old English phrase meaning 'day's eye'; the day part is our everyday word 'day' and the flower's round center looks like an eye and opens in daylight. That's why a daisy is a bright, round flower you often see in fields.