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Daisy

Daisy

Origin: oe. Dayesye, as. Daegeseage day's eye, daisy. See day, and eye.

(Science: botany) a genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common english and classical daisy is B. Prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.

The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; called also oxeye daisy. See whiteweed.

The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane.

(Science: botany) michaelmas daisy, the whiteweed. See daisy .


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Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:46 pm
 
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Daisy World

I've been looking for a sim I used back my senior year in college called Daisy World to my best recollection. I've found a couple of sims on the web that have the same basic idea, but I'm trying find this one in particular. You could affect the sim live time, ...

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Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:58 am
 
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Can anyone tell me what this is?

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Thu May 10, 2007 9:22 pm
 
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Need Help about transpiration

... The loss of water vapour from the aerial parts of the plant, especially through the stomata of the leaves. From this definition, I guess the daisy plant will transpire more in a dry environment. The reason maybe due to the fact that the environment is dry, thus causing the plant's roots to ...

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by sachin
Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:51 pm
 
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Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:53 am
 
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