English Dictionary: DAISY | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for DAISY | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Daisy \Dai"sy\, n.; pl. {Daisies}. [OE. dayesye, AS. d[91]ges[?]eage day's eye, daisy. See {Day}, and {Eye}.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs ({Bellis}), belonging to the family Composit[91]. The common English and classical daisy is {B. prennis}, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed ({Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum}), the plant commonly called {daisy} in North America; -- called also {oxeye daisy}. See {Whiteweed}. Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as {Erigeron}, or fleabane. {Michaelmas daisy} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. {Oxeye daisy} (Bot.), the whiteweed. See {Daisy} (b) . | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Daisy, AR (town, FIPS 17140) Location: 34.23309 N, 93.74189 W Population (1990): 122 (104 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Daisy, GA (city, FIPS 21268) Location: 32.15085 N, 81.83713 W Population (1990): 138 (57 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Daisy, KY Zip code(s): 41733 Daisy, MO Zip code(s): 63743 Daisy, OK Zip code(s): 74540 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Daisy A {functional language}. ["Daisy Programming Manual", S.D. Johnson, CS Dept TR, Indiana U, 1988]. |