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Daisy (medicine)


daisy


Origin: OE. Dayesye, AS. Daegeseage day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.

<botany> A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. Prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed.

The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.

<botany> Michaelmas daisy, the whiteweed. See Daisy .

Source: Websters Dictionary