Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The daisy, a small genus of annual or perennial herbs, natural order Compositæ, indigenous to the temperate and cold regions of the northern hemisphere.
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- noun daisy
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Examples
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With decoctions from ginseng, sassafras, hedisaron, and a tall shrub called bellis, they have been known to perform remarkable cures in cases of wounds and ulcers.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836
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The miners 'clothes and light are mentioned, and the standard measure called "bellis," to the exclusion of carts and "waynes."
The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846
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The miners 'clothes and light are mentioned, as likewise the standard measure called "bellis," and carts and waynes are prohibited.
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Every mining appurtenance is retained, only somewhat altered in shape, and that, perhaps, not for the better, be it cap, "bellis," or general attire.
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Look for wallflowers, bellis and forget-me-nots in garden centres and plant in pots, particularly where you've planted spring bulbs, so that the bulbs peep through the bedding come spring.
In the garden this week: Rhubarb and some winter cheer Lia Leendertz 2010
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Johannem Barber Archidiaeonum Abyrdonensem, de gestis, bellis, et vertutibus, Domini Roberti Brwyes, Regis Scocie illustrissimi, et de conquestu regni Scocie per eundem, et de Domino Jacobo de
Castle Dangerous 2008
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One of the favorite pots planted with lithodora, wallflower, erysimum cheiri, and bellis perennis.
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If they don't say "1847" and "armed invasion of the soverign territory of Mexico by the US Army under one of the flimsiest cassus bellis ever in history", you can safely dismiss them as a drooling idiot.
Punching the White Dude Media in the Neck Rogers 2006
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Huius siquidem Imperatoris pater, scilicet Occoday, necatus fuerat veneno, et ob hoc à bellis quieuerant tempore pauco.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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In bellis astutissimi sunt: quia per annos xlij. cum cæteris gentibus dimicarunt.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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