Daisy

7 definitions found

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}.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of
           other genera, as {Erigeron}, or fleabane.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  daisy
       n : any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with
           well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single
           whorl

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "daisy":
     ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, honey,
     humdinger, killer-diller, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu, nifty,
     peach, pip, pippin, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Daisy
       
          A {functional language}.
       
          ["Daisy Programming Manual", S.D. Johnson, CS Dept TR, Indiana
          U, 1988].
       
       

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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Daisy, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    118
     Housing Units (2000): 119
     Land area (2000):     1.145807 sq. miles (2.967627 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.294272 sq. miles (0.762161 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.440079 sq. miles (3.729788 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            17140
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             34.233193 N, 93.742083 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Daisy, AR
      Daisy
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Daisy, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
     Population (2000):    126
     Housing Units (2000): 60
     Land area (2000):     0.985871 sq. miles (2.553394 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.031102 sq. miles (0.080553 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.016973 sq. miles (2.633947 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            21268
     Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
     Location:             32.150060 N, 81.835823 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Daisy, GA
      Daisy