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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Daisy \Dai"sy\, n.; pl {Daisies}. [OE. dayesye AS d[ae]ges?eage day's eye, daisy. See {Day}, and {Eye}.] (Bot.) a A genus of low herbs ({Bellis}), belonging to the family Composit[ae]. 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 .
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