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DAISY CHAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does daisy chain mean?
• DAISY CHAIN (noun)
The noun DAISY CHAIN has 2 senses:
1. (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
2. flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
Familiarity information: DAISY CHAIN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("daisy chain" is a kind of...):
chain; concatenation (a series of things depending on each other as if linked together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("daisy chain" is a kind of...):
flower chain (flowers strung together in a chain)
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