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daisy

  (dā'zē)

1. Any of several plants of the composite family, especially a widely naturalized Eurasian plant (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) having flower heads with a yellow center and white rays. Also called oxeye daisy, white daisy.
2. A low-growing European plant (Bellis perennis) having flower heads with pink or white rays. Also called English daisy.
3. The flower head of any of these plants.
4. Slang. One that is deemed excellent or notable.

[Middle English daisie, from Old English dæges ēage : dæges, genitive of dæg, day + ēage, eye.]

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In addition to the idiom beginning with daisy, also see fresh as a daisy; push up daisies.

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The daisy features in a light-hearted love divination, the petals being plucked off singly with the words ‘He loves me, he loves me not’ till all are gone, the last one deciding the issue. Daisy-chains are made by slitting the stem with a thumb-nail, threading another through it, and repeating the process; since modern lawns have few weeds, the game is getting rarer. It was said that spring had truly arrived if one could set one's foot on seven (or nine, or twelve) daisies at once (Vickery, 1995: 100-2).

Acronym for Dairy Information System—a well-known herd health program and dairy information management system. Designed at Reading University, UK.

Oxeye daisy
A close-up of the flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Leucanthemum Species: L. vulgare
Binomial name
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.

The oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare, syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) also known as the marguerite is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia. It is one of a number of plants to be called by the common name daisy. It is also sometimes called moon daisy or dog daisy.

It is a perennial prostrate herb with small flower head (not larger than 5 cm) that consists of about 20 white ray flowers and numerous yellow disc flowers, growing on the end of the stem. The stem is mostly unbranched and sprouts laterally from a creeping rootstock.

The leaves are darkgreen on both sides. The basal and middle leaves are petiolate, obovate to spoon-shaped, and serrate to dentate. The upper leaves are shorter, sessile and borne along the stem.

It produces an abundant number of flat seeds without pappus. It spreads also vegetatively by rooting underground stems.

The oxeye daisy is a typical meadow flower, growing in a variety of plant communities such as dry fields, meadows, but also under scrubs, open-canopy forests and waste places. It thrives in a wide range of conditions and prefers heavy and damp soils. It was introduced in parts of North America, Australia and New Zealand, where it is now a common weed displacing native plant species in some areas. It is difficult to control or eradicate, since a new plant can regenerate from rhizome fragments. However, in North Carolina it is planted on roadsides by the highway department.^[1]

See also: Yellow oxeye daisy

Uses

The un-opened buds can be marinated and used in a similar way to capers ^[2]

He loves me, he loves me not

The game "He loves me, he loves me not" (effeuiller la marguerite (in French)) is associated with this flower.

External links

• Ox-eye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare diagnostic photographs and information

Gallery

Leucanthemum vulgare	Ox-eye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare	Leucanthemum vulgare	Ox-eye daisies in Germany
Close-up of an ox-eye daisy with a spittlebug

Reference

2. Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 

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Leucanthemum vulgare group

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bellis, marguerit, pragteksemplar

idioms:

• daisy chain    blomsterkrans
• daisy wheel    skrivehjul

Nederlands (Dutch)
madeliefje, margriet, juweel(tje)

Français (French)
n. - pâquerette, marguerite

idioms:

• daisy chain    guirlande de pâquerettes, (US, fig) série, chapelet
• daisy wheel    (Comput) marguerite

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gänseblümchen, Maßliebchen, (bot.) Margerite, (ugs) Prachtexemplar

idioms:

• daisy chain    Kranz aus Gänseblümchen
• daisy wheel    Typenrad

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) μαργαρίτα

idioms:

• daisy chain    γιρλάντα από μαργαρίτες, (Η/Υ) σύνδεση περιφερειακών συσκευών με κεντρικό υποσύστημα ελέγχου Η/Υ
• daisy wheel    "πεταλούδα" γραφομηχανής ή εκτυπωτή

Italiano (Italian)
margheritina

idioms:

• daisy chain    ghirlanda di margheritine
• daisy wheel    margherita
• pushing up daisies    veder l'erba dalla parte delle radici, morto e sepolto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - margarida (f) (Bot.)

idioms:

• daisy chain    coroa (f) de flores, série (f) de acontecimentos interligados
• daisy wheel    margarida (f) (de máquina de escrever)
• pushing up daisies    estar morto e enterrado (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
маргаритка

idioms:

• daisy chain    гирлянда из маргариток
• daisy wheel    печатающая головка
• pushing up daisies    мертвый

Español (Spanish)
n. - margarita

idioms:

• daisy chain    guirnalda de margaritas, (comput) dispositivos conectados en series lineales
• daisy wheel    impresora de margarita

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tusensköna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
雏菊, 一流的人物

idioms:

• daisy chain    雏菊花环, 环, 链
• daisy wheel    菊轮式打印机

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雛菊, 一流的人物

idioms:

• daisy chain    雛菊花環, 環, 鏈
• daisy wheel    菊輪式印表機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 데이지꽃, 매우 뛰어난 물건

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヒナギク, フランスギク, 女子名, デイジー

idioms:

• daisy chain    ディジーチェイン
• daisy wheel    デージーホイール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زهرة اللؤلؤ, زهرة الربيع, شخص أو شئ ممتاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיננית (פרח)‬

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