daisy
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
daisy/ˈdeɪzi/
▶noun (pl. daisies) a small grassland plant with composite flowers having a yellow disc and white rays. [Bellis perennis.]
■ used in names of other plants of the same family, e.g. Michaelmas daisy.
– phrases
pushing up (the) daisies informal dead and buried.
pushing up (the) daisies informal dead and buried.
– origin OE dæges ēage ‘day's eye’ (because the flower opens in the morning and closes at night).
'daisy' also found in these Oxford entries:
arnica
- aster
- bachelor's buttons
- bindi-eye
- blazing star
- boneset
- burdock
- bur-marigold
- cat's foot
- chamomile
- chicory
- China aster
- chrysanthemum
- cineraria
- cocklebur
- coltsfoot
- composite
- coneflower
- coreopsis
- corn marigold
- cosmos
- costmary
- cotton lavender
- cottonweed
- cottonwood
- cudweed
- cypsela
- dahlia
- daisy chain
- daisy-cutter
- daisy wheel
- dandelion
- disc
- dusty miller
- echinacea
- elecampane
- erigeron
- feverfew
- fleabane
- gaillardia
- gazania
- gerbera
- goldenrod
- goldilocks
- gowan
- groundsel
- hawksbeard
- hawkweed
- helenium
