daisy(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl;
is a kind of flower
is a member of bellis, genus bellis
has particulars: bellis perennis, common daisy, english daisy

daisy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a small composite plant, Bellis perennis, bearing flowers each with a yellow disc and white rays. b any other plant with daisy-like flowers, esp. the larger ox-eye daisy, the Michaelmas daisy, or the Shasta daisy.
2 sl. a first-rate specimen of anything.

Idiom:
daisy-chain a string of daisies threaded together. daisy-cutter Cricket a ball bowled so as to roll along the ground. daisy wheel Computing a disc of spokes extending radially from a central hub, each terminating in a printing character, used as a printer in word processors and typewriters. pushing up the daisies sl. dead and buried.

Etymology:
OE d{aelig}ges eage day's eye, the flower opening in the morning

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