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(Encyclopedia) daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United…marguerite, in botany
(Encyclopedia) marguerite: see daisy.oxeye
(Encyclopedia) oxeye, name for several plants, e.g., the oxeye daisy and black-eyed Susan, but particularly for two genera: Heliopsis, native to North America, and Buphthalmum, native to Europe and W…fleabane
(Encyclopedia) fleabane, any plant of the genus Erigeron, widely distributed herbs of the family Asteraceae (aster family), especially abundant in temperate and mountainous regions of North America.…Michaelmas daisy
(Encyclopedia) Michaelmas daisy: see aster.yellow daisy
(Encyclopedia) yellow daisy: see black-eyed Susan.Daisy's Ball
Daisy's Ball"Mrs. Shakespeare Smith would like to have Mr. John Brooke, Mr. Thomas Bangs, and Mr. Nathaniel Blake to come to her ball at three o'clock today. "P.S. Nat must bring his fiddle,…Daisy and Demi
Daisy and DemiI cannot feel that I have done my duty as humble historian of the March family, without devoting at least one chapter to the two most precious and important members of it.…Brewer's: Daisies
Slang for boots. Explained under CHIVY. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DaisyDais A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: Daisy
Ophelia gives the queen a daisy to signify “that her light and fickle love ought not to expect constancy in her husband.” So the daisy is explained by Greene to mean a Quip for an upstart…Trending
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