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Daisy (medicine) and euphrasy (medicine)


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


euphrasy (medicine)


euphrasy
<botany> The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. "Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see." (Milton)

Origin: NL. Euphrasia, fr. Gr. Delight, fr. To delight; well + heart, mind: cf. LL. Eufrasia, F. Eufrasie.

Source: Websters Dictionary