different between daisy vs peony

English

Alternative forms

• daisie, daysie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?de?.zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

1. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
2. Many other flowering plants of various species.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• daisy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

English

Alternative forms

• paeony

Etymology

From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin pae?nia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, from Latin pae?nia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (pai?nía), from Ancient Greek ????? (Pai?n, “Paean, the physician of the gods”)/????? (pai?n, “a physician”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi??ni/

Noun

peony (plural peonies)

1. A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. [from 10th c.]
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 219:

     The root of the Male Peony fresh gathered has been found by experience to cure the falling-sickness.
2. A dark red colour.

Translations

Anagrams

• nopey, poney