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English Dictionary: DAISY by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daisy
n
  1. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
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].
  
  
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