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Answer for the clue "Holder of rays ", 5 letters:
daisy

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Word definitions for daisy in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English dægesege , from dæges eage "day's eye," because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk. (See day (n.) + eye (n.)). In Medieval Latin it was solis oculus "sun's eye." As a female proper name said to have been originally a pet form of Margaret ...

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 118 Housing Units (2000): 119 Land area (2000): 1.145807 sq. miles (2.967627 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.294272 sq. miles (0.762161 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.440079 sq. miles (3.729788 sq. km) FIPS code: 17140 Located within: Arkansas ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as fresh as a daisy (= not tired and ready to do things ) ▪ Despite his busy day he arrived looking as fresh as a daisy . daisy chain COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE fresh ▪ Victorious crews normally look as fresh ...

Usage examples of daisy.

He watched it, then dropped another daisy into the water, and after that another, and sat watching them with bright, absolved eyes, crouching near on the bank.

Maria tugged her skirt into place, and she walked out, down the shining slate steps, through the white of daisies and the sharp agapanthus leaves that both caught the fading moon.

Whear grass and daisies grew, An' trees wi spreeadin boughs aboon Ther solemn shadows threw.

A slight young woman, Mary developed strong muscles in the forearms as she grasped the areolar tissue, sometimes making Daisy squeal, rolled the large muscles of the calf and thigh firmly both ways and kneaded the belly with the heel of her hand.

Hudson, Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of a Dove, The Aspern Papers, etc.

The weather reflected her spirits, though her future did not seem as bright as the green fields outside the window, the purple aubrietia that spilled over garden walls, the gay red and yellow tulips, the thousands of tiny daisies and dandelions that carpeted the grassy pastures.

Dew lay heavy on the grass, as the dainty heels of my captresses testified, yet they trod lightly upon daisies wide-open to the blue sky, while daffadowndillies stooped in a silence broken only by their laughter.

The driveway wound among deodars and rhodopods, past banks of purple daisies, white chanterbells, scarlet trangles.

Standing behind them were Hans, Mary, Daisy, Josef, Frau Egger and Olivier, who insisted on being included.

Larry, Daisy, Pip, Bets and Ern jumped too, and clutched in fright at one another, when the eerie wail echoed round them.

Behind him came Bets, then Larry, then Daisy, Ern and Pip being the last two.

He charmed the hospital staff into putting up with her complaints and demands, and filled the room with gerbera daisies, her favorite flowers.

Each boot had concealed a vase holding an abundant bouquet of gerbera daisies.

A mixed bouquet of bright autumn colorszinnias and gerbera daisies and dahlias and one late sunflower splash.

The counter is made of zinc and there are cobalt-blue vases with yellow gerbera daisies in them.