Daisies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daisy \Dai"sy\ (d[=a]"z[y^]), n.; pl. {Daisies} (d[=a]"z[i^]z).
     [OE. dayesye, AS. d[ae]ges-e['a]ge 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
         {Bellis perennis}, 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}.
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     Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of
           other genera, as {Erigeron}, or fleabane.
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     {Michaelmas daisy} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Aster}, of
        which there are many species.
  
     {Oxeye daisy} (Bot.), the whiteweed. See {Daisy}
     (b) .
         [1913 Webster] daisybush