How do you use the word "daisy" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "daisy": I plucked a daisy for her. Her dance was as fresh as a daisy.

Daisy Meaning

/ˈdeɪ.zi/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals

nounAny of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.

Sentence Examples

I plucked a daisy for her.

Her dance was as fresh as a daisy.

CEFR Practice Quiz

She picked a white ____ and placed it behind her ear.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I plucked a ____ for her.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæġes ēage (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Then Dan drew the sheath-knife and tested the edge of it on the gunwale. "That's a daisy," said Harvey. "How did you get it so cheap?"" — 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:

"Mrs. Fairfax kept always an eye upon him, and in spite of his familiarity with her, so restrained him in his intercourse with Margaret, that he could not for his life call her Daisy any more, though he had done so on the first day of their acquaintance." — 1867, Alice Cary, The Bishop's Son, G. W. Carleton&Co, published 1867, page 31:

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do! / I'm half crazy all for the love of you!" — 1892, Harry Dacre, “Daisy Bell”:

"She was a timid, sensitive girl, looking like her name - Daisy-ish industrious and thorough in her studies; - - -" — 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, Modern Library, published 1957, page 45:

""Isn't she a Christian or something - a name which is..." "Nothing more than the name of a flower, that's all. Daisy is a flower." He realized he was not sure what flower it was. "It's a most lovely flower grown in America, England, and so forth. What is wrong with that name?"" — 1976, R. K. Narayan, The Painter of Signs, Penguin Classics, published 1982, →ISBN, page 115:

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