oxeye daisy
    n 1: similar to oxeye daisy [syn: oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum
         maximum, Chrysanthemum maximum]
    2: tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers;
       widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn:
       oxeye daisy, ox-eyed daisy, marguerite, moon daisy,
       white daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Chrysanthemum
       leucanthemum]

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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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