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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dai•sy /ˈdeɪzi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -sies. - Plant Biologya plant that has a flower head of a yellow disk and white rays.
Idioms- Idioms push up daisies, [Informal.]to be dead and buried:Why, he's been pushing up daisies these past twenty years!
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dai•sy (dā′zē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies. - Plant Biologyany of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- FoodAlso called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds. Cf. picnic (def. 3).
- Slang Termssomeone or something of first-rate quality:That new car is a daisy.
- Fooda cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.
- push up daisies, [Informal.]to be dead and buried.
- Middle English dayesye, Old English dægesēge the day's eye bef. 1000
- a female given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: daisy /ˈdeɪzɪ/ n ( pl -sies)- 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 called: oxeye daisy, marguerite, moon 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 daisies ⇒ dead and buried
Etymology: Old English dægesēge day's eyeˈdaisied adj |