Dictionary Definition
daisy n : any of numerous composite plants having
flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a
single whorl
User Contributed Dictionary
see Daisy
English
Etymology
Old English dæġes ēaġe.Noun
Translations
Bellis perennis
- Czech: sedmikráska chudobka
- Finnish: kaunokainen, tuhatkauno
- Galician: margarida
- German: Gänseblümchen
- Hungarian: százszorszép
- Italian: pratolina
- Portuguese: margarida-vulgar
- Spanish: margarita común, chiribita
commonly used term for related flowers
- Finnish: päivänkakkara (oxeye daisy)
- ttbc Arabic: (zahr al-lu’lú’)
- ttbc Italian: margheritina (1), margherita comune , margherita (2)
- ttbc Maltese: margerita
- ttbc Old English: dæges eage
- ttbc Portuguese: margarida
- ttbc Romanian: margaretă
- ttbc Spanish: margarita
Extensive Definition
In biology many plants, especially of the
Asteraceae
family:
- African Daisy, many species in several genera native to Africa
- Common Daisy, Bellis species, particularly Bellis perennis
- Michaelmas Daisy, Aster (genus) species
- Painted Daisy, Pyrethrum Daisy, Tanacetum species
- Oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum species, particularly Leucanthemum vulgare
- Shasta daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum (formerly Chrysanthemum maximum)
- Moon Daisy, Leucanthemopsis species
- Marguerite Daisy, Argyranthemum frutescens is a perennial plant used in horticulture that originates from the Canary Islands
- Crown Daisy or Garland Chrysanthemum, Glebionis coronaria
- Tricolor Daisy, Glebionis carinata
- Yellow Ox-eye Daisy, Rudbeckia hirta
- Gerbera Daisy, an annual flower vaguely resembling the common daisy
- Erigeron, the indigenous roadside daisies of North America
In geography, places in the United States:
In entertainment:
- Daisy, a fictional character from Oswald (television)
- Daisy (Keeping Up Appearances), a character on the British comedy television series Keeping Up Appearances
- "Daisy Bell", a popular song
- Nickname for actor David Wenham
- Daisy (film), a South Korean movie
- Daisy (Malayalam film), a Malayalam movie
- Daisies (film), a 1966 Czech film by Věra Chytilová
- D.A.I.S.Y., an acronym for "Da Inner Sound, Y'all", coined on the album 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
- "Humble Daisy", a song in praise of the flower by XTC, appearing on Nonsuch (album)
- Daisy Pulls It Off, an English play
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies, a novel which was adapted into a 1960 film starring Doris Day and David Niven, and later into a TV series
- "Daisy", a single by Halfway to Hazard
In fiction:
- Daisy Adair, A character from the television show Dead Like Me
- Daisy Buchanan, a character from The Great Gatsby
- Daisy, the Bumstead family dog in Blondie (comic strip)
- Daisy Kidd, a character from Ramona (series)
- Daisy Duck, a Walt Disney character
- Daisy Duke, a character from The Dukes of Hazzard
- Daisy the Diesel Rail-Car, a character from The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry
- Daisy Mae Scragg, cartoon character from Li'l Abner
- Daisy Mayhem, a cartoon character from Laff-A-Lympics
- Daisy Miller, an 1878 novella by Henry James or its eponymous character
- Daisy Watkins, a cartoon character from Static Shock
- Miss Daisy Wertham, a fictional character from Driving Miss Daisy
- Mrs Daisy Shannon, a fictional character who keeps a racing stable in the crime novel Look to the Lady
- In the pokémon TV series, Daisy (original Japanese name Sakura) is one of Misty's three elder sisters.
- Princess Daisy, a character in the Mario series of video games.
In politics:
- Daisy (television commercial), aired by the Lyndon B. Johnson campaign in the 1964 presidential election
- Democracy is Freedom – Daisy, a former moderate centre-left party in Italy
In business:
- Daisy wheel printer, a printer with the print head shaped like a daisy flowerhead
In software:
- DAISY Standard, a NISO Standard that defines an accessible XML structure for books
- Daisy (software), an open source content management system from Apache
Other uses:
- Daisy Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
- DAISY Digital Talking Book, a set of DAISY Standard XML files that enable reading of multimedia publications for persons who are print-disabled
- Daisy chain, a chain made with daisy flowers
- Daisy (dog), the pet of German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer
- Daisy Dukes, a fashion clothing from The Dukes of Hazzard
- Daisy cutter (fuse), a type of fuse used in some bombs
- Daisy (cocktail), a cocktail with many variants
- Daisy Rock Guitars, a manufacturer of guitars especially designed for women
- "Daisy", the nickname of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
- "Daisy", the nickname of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark among members of the royal family
- Daisy Girl Scouts, the youngest level in the Girl Scouts of the USA
- Daisy, a character from The Naked Brothers Band
- Daisy Outdoor Products, makers of a type of BB gun/Air rifle known as a "Daisy"
- Daisy, a meerkat in the television series Meerkat Manor
- Daisy, an orangutan featured in the television series Orangutan Island
- Daisy, a perfume for women by Marc Jacobs.
daisy in German: DAISY
daisy in French: Daisy
daisy in Korean: 데이지
daisy in Dutch: Daisy
daisy in Japanese: デイジー
daisy in Polish: Daisy
daisy in Portuguese: Margarida
daisy in Finnish: Daisy
daisy in Swedish: Daisy