Daisy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America;

— called also oxeye daisy. ·see Whiteweed.

II. Daisy ·noun 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.

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