Define the word oxeye daisy"oxeye daisy" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Whiteweed \White"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum)
with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed
in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
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"Oxeye daisy" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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.
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Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of
other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.
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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
"oxeye daisy" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
oxeye daisy
n 1: similar to oxeye daisy [syn: Leucanthemum maximum, Chrysanthemum maximum]
2: tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers;
widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
[syn: ox-eyed daisy, marguerite, moon daisy, white daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum]
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