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Definition: DAISIES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun daisy.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(daisy)		 1. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.[Wordnet].
2. 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.[Websters].
3. The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy.[Websters].

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Daisies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references)

Specialty Definition: DAISIES

Domain Definition
Literature Daisies Slang for boots. Explained under CHIVY. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: DAISIES

Expressions Definition
Daisies of the Galaxy Daisies of the Galaxy is an album by Eels. It was released in 2000. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: DAISIES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Love, Daisies and Troubadours 84     Daisies (film) 4
List of characters in Pushing Daisies 36     Daisies and Raindrops 3
Pushing Daisies 32     Daisies of the Galaxy 13
List of Pushing Daisies episodes 22     Fort Wayne Daisies 4
Daisies of the Galaxy 13     List of characters in Pushing Daisies 36
Please Don't Eat the Daisies 8     List of Pushing Daisies episodes 22
Wire Daisies 6     Love, Daisies and Troubadours 84
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film) 5     Please Don't Eat the Daisies 8
Daisies (film) 4     Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film) 5
Fort Wayne Daisies 4     Push th' Little Daisies 3
Push th' Little Daisies 3     Pushing Daisies 32
Daisies and Raindrops 3     Sweet Friggin' Daisies 3
Sweet Friggin' Daisies 3     Wire Daisies 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: daisies
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 daisy, dandelions, marigolds, sunflowers, thistles, zinnias.
Consider also: flowers, marguerites, freckles, graves, asters, dandies, compositae, dandelion, goldenrod, lettuces, marigold, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, zinnia, chrysanthemums, clinkers, clippers, rattlings.

Verb

 cools.
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Computed Synonyms: daisies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   35.2092   daisies     marguerites     asters, margarets, messengers, clusters, margheritas   
 2   21.1095   daisies     asters     eyes, bights, grips, kinks, loops   
 3   15.1092   daisies     messengers     envoys, heralds, servants, boys, caretakers   
 4   14.1094   daisies     clusters     packs, herds, collections, bands, gangs   
 5   6.1093   daisies     gowans     chrysanthemums, mayans, graces, mayas, asters   
 6   5.4097   daisies     pansies     violas, queers, homosexuals, gays, queens   
 7   5.3297   daisies     dandies     dudes, beaus, swells, fines, smarts   
 8   5.0496   daisies     daisy     marguerite, aster, daisy wheel, messenger, glory hole spillway   
 9   4.1093   daisies     pearls     gems, jewels, pearlies, pearl, beads   
 10   3.3095   daisies     bullies     ruffians, hectors, malies, intimidates, rowdies   
 11   3.2095   daisies     fines     lovelies, handsomes, pretties, greats, grands   
 12   3.1094   daisies     clippers     trimmers, clampers, claspers, fleecers, snippers   
 13   3.1093   daisies     rippings     rips, rendings, tearings, rends, tears   
 14   3.1093   daisies     queers     odds, stranges, outlandishes, freakishes, rums   
 15   3.1093   daisies     marigolds     calendulas, cares, troubles, anxieties, concerns   
--------------------     236 synonyms ranked from 16 to 251 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: daisies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0489   daisies     English daisy     daisy, Gowan, oxeye   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: daisies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.7398   dog daisies     dog-daisies         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: daisies

Context Synonyms within Context

Death

Pushing up daisies, dead and gone, dead as a doornail, dead as a doorpost, dead as a herring, dead as a mutton, dead as nits, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, departed this life, exanimate, extinct, gathered to one's fathers, gone, gone to meet one's maker, gone to one's eternal reward, inanimate, late, launched into eternity, lifeless, no more, numbered with the dead, out of the world, dead, released, taken off.

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Translations: DAISIES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya زَهْرَةُ الرَّبِيع (daisy, primrose, cowslip, cowslips, daisies), أُقْحُوان (daisy, camomile, camomiles, chamomile, chamomiles), شرائط (daisies). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha زَهْرَةُ الرَّبِيع (daisy, primrose, cowslip, cowslips, daisies), أُقْحُوان (daisy, camomile, camomiles, chamomile, chamomiles), شرائط (daisies). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic زَهْرَةُ الرَّبِيع (daisy, primrose, cowslip, cowslips, daisies), أُقْحُوان (daisy, camomile, camomiles, chamomile, chamomiles), شرائط (daisies). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian sedmikrásky (daisies), chudobky (daisies). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese daisies (daisies), margaridas (daisies). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina sedmikrásky (daisies), chudobky (daisies). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech sedmikrásky (daisies), chudobky (daisies). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Gänseblümchen (daisy, daisies, English daisy, Gowan), Massliebchen (daisies), Gänseblümchens (daisies), sich die Radieschen von unten betrachten (to be pushing up daisies, to be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch madeliefjes (daisies). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Français pâquerettes (daisies), les marguerites (daisies), marguerites (daisies), il mange les pissenlits par les racines (he's pushing up the daisies). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
French pâquerettes (daisies), les marguerites (daisies), marguerites (daisies), il mange les pissenlits par les racines (he's pushing up the daisies). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
German Gänseblümchen (daisy, daisies, English daisy, Gowan), Massliebchen (daisies), Gänseblümchens (daisies), sich die Radieschen von unten betrachten (to be pushing up daisies, to be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic زَهْرَةُ الرَّبِيع (daisy, primrose, cowslip, cowslips, daisies), أُقْحُوان (daisy, camomile, camomiles, chamomile, chamomiles), شرائط (daisies). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Gänseblümchen (daisy, daisies, English daisy, Gowan), Massliebchen (daisies), Gänseblümchens (daisies), sich die Radieschen von unten betrachten (to be pushing up daisies, to be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Gänseblümchen (daisy, daisies, English daisy, Gowan), Massliebchen (daisies), Gänseblümchens (daisies), sich die Radieschen von unten betrachten (to be pushing up daisies, to be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian alulról szagolja az ibolyát (to push up the daisies). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese デージー (daisy, daisies), 犬のデージー (dog daisies, dog-daisies). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar alulról szagolja az ibolyát (to push up the daisies). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian Tusenfryder (daisies). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese margaridas (daisies), daisies (daisies). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi tusenskönor (Bellis, daisies), vara död och begraven (be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish está medio muerto (he's pushing the daisies). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska tusenskönor (Bellis, daisies), vara död och begraven (be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish tusenskönor (Bellis, daisies), vara död och begraven (be pushing up the daisies). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish Papatyalar (daisies). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, daisies. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: DAISIES

Language Translations for “daisies” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin aisiesday (daisies). Additional references: Pig Latin, daisies. (volunteer)
Terran B massiredae (daisies). Additional references: Terran B, daisies. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: DAISIES

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 Chrysanthemum maximum (aster, aster dumosus, asters, bushy aster, daisies), Bellis perennis (daisies, daisy, shasta daisy). Additional references: Latin, daisies. (volunteer)
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