имя существительное 1) [ботаника] маргаритка ([латинский язык] Bellis perennis) 2) [американский вариант английского языка]; то же, что и daisy ham - корейка 3) [используется в разговорной речи] первоклассная, замечательная вещь; "первый сорт" Например: as fresh as a daisy — цветущий, пышущий здоровьем to be pushing up (the) daisies [используется в разговорной речи] — кормить червей, лежать в могиле
noun (plural daisies) Etymology: Middle English dayeseye, from Old English dægesēage, from dæg day + ēage eye 1. a composite plant (as of the genera Bellis or Chrysanthemum) having a flower head with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in one or a few whorls: as a. a low European herb (Bellis perennis) with white or pink ray flowers — called also English daisy b. a leafy-stemmed perennial herb (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) with long white ray flowers and a yellow disk that was introduced into the United States from Europe — called also oxeye daisy 2. the flower head of a daisy 3. a first-rate person or thing 4. capitalized a member of a program of the Girl Scouts for girls in kindergarten and first grade