daisy : Idioms & Phrases

• noun shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers
  Lonas annua; Lonas inodora; yellow ageratum.
  
• noun African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers
  
• noun any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers
  

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• noun widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays
  Gerbera jamesonii; Barberton daisy.
  

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• noun bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico
  Melampodium leucanthum.
  

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• noun hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays
  blue marguerite; Felicia amelloides.
  

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• noun bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
  Arctotis stoechadifolia; Arctotis venusta.
  

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• noun coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico
  Ximenesia encelioides; golden crownbeard; Verbesina encelioides; golden crown beard; butter daisy.
  

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• noun annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers
  Haplopappus phyllocephalus.
  

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• noun low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers
  common daisy; Bellis perennis.
  

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• noun coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico
  Ximenesia encelioides; golden crownbeard; Verbesina encelioides; golden crown beard; butter daisy.
  

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• noun shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers
  Chrysanthemum coronarium.
  

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• noun any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
  daisybush; daisy bush.
  

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• noun (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
  
• noun flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
  

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• noun a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
  antipersonnel bomb; fragmentation bomb; anti-personnel bomb.
  
• noun a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground
  

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• noun widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb
  Erigeron annuus.
  

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• noun a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper
  daisy print wheel.
  

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• noun a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper
  daisy print wheel.
  

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• noun any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
  daisybush; daisy bush.
  

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• verb connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer
  

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• noun of North America and Eurasia
  Botrychium matricariifolium; daisyleaf grape fern.
  

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• noun tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum
  dwarf daisy; Antheropeas wallacei; Eriophyllum wallacei.
  

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• noun dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona
  Easter daisy; Townsendia Exscapa.
  

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• noun low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers
  common daisy; Bellis perennis.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads.

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• noun softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays
  Felicia bergeriana.
  

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• noun long chain stitches arranged in flower patterns
  

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• noun low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
  Dorotheanthus bellidiformis.
  

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• noun perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
  Argyranthemum frutescens; marguerite daisy; marguerite; Chrysanthemum frutescens.
  

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• noun North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe
  Aster novi-belgii; New York aster.
  

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• (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species.

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• (Bot.), the oxeye daisy.

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• noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  moon daisy; ox-eyed daisy; oxeye daisy; Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Leucanthemum vulgare; marguerite.
  

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• noun boreal or alpine sandwort
  mountain starwort; Arenaria groenlandica; mountain sandwort.
  

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• noun mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers
  orange fleabane; Erigeron aurantiacus.
  

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• noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  moon daisy; ox-eyed daisy; oxeye daisy; Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Leucanthemum vulgare; marguerite.
  

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• noun similar to oxeye daisy
  Chrysanthemum maximum; Leucanthemum maximum.
  
• noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  moon daisy; ox-eyed daisy; oxeye daisy; Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Leucanthemum vulgare; marguerite.
  

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• (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b).

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• noun spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  Chrysanthemum coccineum; Tanacetum coccineum; pyrethrum.
  

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• noun perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
  Argyranthemum frutescens; marguerite daisy; marguerite; Chrysanthemum frutescens.
  

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• noun flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying
  Acroclinium roseum; pink-and-white everlasting.
  

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• noun perennial of Portugal similar to the oxeye daisy
  Leucanthemum lacustre; Chrysanthemum lacustre.
  

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• noun slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California
  Erigeron glaucous; beach aster.
  

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• noun hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum
  Chrysanthemum maximum maximum; Leucanthemum superbum.
  

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• noun plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains
  Erigeron speciosus.
  

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• noun dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona
  Easter daisy; Townsendia Exscapa.
  

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• noun western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays
  Brachycome Iberidifolia.
  

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• noun wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico
  tansy leaf aster; Machaeranthera tanacetifolia.
  

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• noun widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays
  Gerbera jamesonii; Barberton daisy.
  

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• noun low densely tufted perennial herb of Turkey having small white flowers; used as a ground cover in dry places; sometimes included in genus Matricaria
  Matricaria tchihatchewii; Tripleurospermum tchihatchewii.
  
• noun mat-forming perennial herb of Asia Minor; sometimes included in genus Matricaria
  Tripleurospermum oreades tchihatchewii; Matricaria oreades.
  

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• noun tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  moon daisy; ox-eyed daisy; oxeye daisy; Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Leucanthemum vulgare; marguerite.
  

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• (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.

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• noun tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum
  dwarf daisy; Antheropeas wallacei; Eriophyllum wallacei.
  

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• noun Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers
  golden everlasting; strawflower; Helichrysum bracteatum.
  

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• noun slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads
  Haplopappus spinulosus.
  

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