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daisy

/ˈdeɪzi/UK/ˈdeɪ.zi/

daisy noun: a wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals.

daisy: a wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and...
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Noun (1)

daisy (plural daisies)

  1. A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals
  2. Any of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.
  3. (Cockney, slang) A boot or other footwear.
  4. (colloquial) Something splendid; a doozy.
    • Then Dan drew the sheath-knife and tested the edge of it on the gunwale.
      "That's a daisy," said Harvey. "How did you get it so cheap?"1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Daisy

Daisy

  1. A female given name from English.
    • Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance.1867, Alice Cary, The Bishop's Son, G. W. Carleton&Co, published 1867, page 31
    • Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you!1892, Harry Dacre, “Daisy Bell”
  2. A common name for a cow.
    • The heifer Daisy died in September 1811.1875, E. L. Sturtevant, J. N. Sturtevant, The Dairy Cow: A Monograph on the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle, A. Williams and company, page 160

Noun (2) capitalized: Daisy

Daisy (plural Daisies)

  1. A Girl Scout at the initial introductory level.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Daisy

Daisy (plural Daisys)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: DAISY

DAISY

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Digital Accessible Information System, an XML-based open standard for people whose disability makes it difficult to read print.

daisy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

daisy in Hindi

Bellis perennis
गुलबहार gulabhār

daisy in Tamil

டெய்சி, டெய்ஸி

daisy in Marathi

Bellis perennis
शास्त्रीफूल śāstrīphūl

daisy in Urdu

ڈیزی, ڈائیزی, ڈائزی
More languagesFewer languages
daisy in Bengali
ডেইজি, ডেজি
daisy in Telugu
డైసీ, డైజీ, డేజీ
daisy in Malayalam
ഡെയ്സി, ഡൈസി
daisy in Kannada
ಡೈಸಿ, ಡೇಸಿ
daisy in Punjabi
ਡੇਜ਼ੀ, ਡੈਜ਼ੀ
daisy in Gujarati
ડેઝી, ડેઇઝી
daisy in Odia
ଡେଜି, ଡେଇଜି, ଡାଏଜି
daisy in Nepali
डेजी, डेइजी
daisy in Tagalog
butonsilyo
daisy in Arabic
أُقْحُوَان ʔuqḥuwān
daisy in Thai
เดซี dee-sîi
daisy in Vietnamese
hoa cúc, hoa cúc mâm xôi
daisy in Myanmar
ဒေစီ deci

Examples of daisy in a sentence

  • Daisy is pasturing out in the west field.
  • Will pay you in bramble berries and daisy chain necklace if okaysies.
  • Daisy walked up behind me and held out her hand, then shook Davis’s forcefully.

All 37 example sentences with daisy

Forms of daisy

Noun
pluraldaisies
alternative formdaisie
alternative formdaysie
pluralDaisies
Proper noun
pluralDaisys

Plural of daisy: daisies

Origin of daisy

From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæġes ēage (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".

Named after Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low.

Words formed from daisy

Phrases with daisy

16 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with daisy

Questions about daisy

What does daisy mean?
Daisy means a wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals.
What is daisy in Hindi?
Daisy in Hindi is गुलबहार (gulabhār). See Daisy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is daisy?
Daisy can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce daisy?
Daisy is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.zi/ (UK).
What is the plural of daisy?
The plural of daisy is daisies.

Words near daisy in the dictionary

  1. daishos
  2. daisied
  3. daisies
  4. daisugi
  5. Daisuke
  6. daisy
  7. Daisy Bank
  8. Daisy Buchanan
  9. daisy bush
  10. daisy chain
  11. daisy chained

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: daisy (page history and authors); Daisy (page history and authors); DAISY (page history and authors); daisy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daisy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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