Daisies
White-petaled lawn flowers
Daisies is the plural of daisy, a common flower with white petals radiating from a yellow center.
The word extends to similar flowers: Shasta daisies, African daisies, Michaelmas daisies.
To be pushing up daisies is to be dead and buried.
Fresh as a daisy means bright and alert.
Freedom from wrongdoing
- purityUncontaminated quality
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- simplicityLack of complexity
- cheerfulnessState of bright spirits
new beginnings · freshness · youth · spring · hope · loyalty · true love · optimism
Greek name meaning help
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
Wordsworth · Chaucer · metaphor · imagery · Shakespeare · Burns · Keats · nature writing
Colored bloom segments
- stemsPlant's main axes
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- sepalsOuter whorl protecting buds
- ray floretsOuter composite flower parts
perennial · annual · leaves · roots · seedhead · composite · wildflower · herbaceous
Placing seeds in earth
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
- bordersLines separating regions
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- deadheadingRemoving wilted flowers
cutting · arrangements · bouquets · vase · perennial · groundcover · edging · cottage garden
Absence of pigment
- yellowHue between green and orange
- pinkPale red hue
- centerMiddle of anything
- petalsColored bloom segments
radial · symmetry · sunny · bright · delicate · small · clustered · dotted
Head ornament of blossoms
- wreathDecorative foliage circle
- pickingAct of selecting
- braidingInterlacing three strands
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
lei · corsage · pressed flowers · May Day · midsummer · folk traditions · children's play · friendship bracelet
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- purityUncontaminated quality
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- simplicityLack of complexity
cheerfulness · new beginnings · freshness · youth · spring · hope · loyalty · true love · optimism · gentleness
Ophelia
Greek name meaning help
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
Wordsworth · Chaucer · innocence · metaphor · imagery · Shakespeare · Burns · Keats · nature writing · verse
petals
Colored bloom segments
ray florets · perennial · annual · leaves · roots · seedhead · composite · wildflower · herbaceous · rosette
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- bedsFurniture for sleeping
- bordersLines separating regions
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
deadheading · cutting · arrangements · bouquets · vase · perennial · groundcover · edging · cottage garden · seeds
white
Absence of pigment
petals · radial · symmetry · sunny · bright · delicate · small · clustered · dotted · scattered
flower crown
Head ornament of blossoms
garland · lei · corsage · pressed flowers · May Day · midsummer · folk traditions · children's play · friendship bracelet · weaving
edible
Safe to consume
- saladCold dressed vegetables
- garnishDecorative food topping
- herbal teaSteeped plant infusion
infusion · buds · capers · foraging · leaves · petals · medicinal · tincture · poultice · folk remedy
- Girl ScoutsJunior, sash, sashes, senior, seniors
- Katy PerryE.T., Peacock
- Girls' OrganizationsGirl Scouts, Girl Guides, Laurels
- political cinemapropaganda films, political drama, censored films, October
- SororitiesAlpha Kappa Alpha, sororities, Panhellenic, sisterhood, rush
- Surrealist FilmsEraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Dali, David Lynch
Daisiesorchids
Tropical flowering plants
roses · lilies · tulips · birds of paradise · calla lilies
Daisiesblack roses
Darkened floral symbols
red roses · Venus flytraps · deadly nightshade · poppies · belladonna
- pushing up daisiesEuphemism for being dead
- pushes up daisiesEuphemism for being dead
- pushed up daisiesDied and was interred
- push up daisiesDie and be interred
- push up the daisiesBe deceased and buried
- wild daisies