Comments on: Fresh as a Daisy Meaning & Origin http://www.saywhydoi.com/fresh-as-a-daisy-meaning-and-origin/ where the curious come to play! Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: isabelle walker http://www.saywhydoi.com/fresh-as-a-daisy-meaning-and-origin/#comment-86161 isabelle walker Sun, 05 Jun 2016 15:59:53 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1835#comment-86161 I always thought it to be slightly insulting....the word 'fresh' meaning mad! ie ' daisy, daisy give me your answer do....I'm half crazy all for the love of you!' It is maddening! I always thought it to be slightly insulting….the word ‘fresh’ meaning mad! ie ‘ daisy, daisy give me your answer do….I’m half crazy all for the love of you!’ It is maddening!

]]> By: Lior http://www.saywhydoi.com/fresh-as-a-daisy-meaning-and-origin/#comment-4895 Lior Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:09:11 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1835#comment-4895 Hi Itai : ) Plants don't have eyes but they have light receptors (photochromes) and instead of a musculatory system they have variable turgidity of cells to keep things rigid or flaccid. Instead of being based on a nervous system controlling all this, it's all controlled through a cascade of biochemical processes. There's more information about nyctinastic movement of plants in this article if you're interested: Ueda et al. 2001. Molecular Approach to the Nyctinastic Movement of the Plant Controlled by a Biological Clock. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2001, 2, 156-164 - Found here --> http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/2/4/156/pdf Lior Hi Itai : )

Plants don’t have eyes but they have light receptors (photochromes) and instead of a musculatory system they have variable turgidity of cells to keep things rigid or flaccid. Instead of being based on a nervous system controlling all this, it’s all controlled through a cascade of biochemical processes.

There’s more information about nyctinastic movement of plants in this article if you’re interested:

Ueda et al. 2001. Molecular Approach to the Nyctinastic Movement of the Plant Controlled by a Biological Clock. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2001, 2, 156-164 – Found here –> http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/2/4/156/pdf

Lior

]]> By: Itai http://www.saywhydoi.com/fresh-as-a-daisy-meaning-and-origin/#comment-4891 Itai Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:49:12 +0000 http://www.saywhydoi.com/?p=1835#comment-4891 Pretty neat! I wonder how the daisies "know" that it's night time, and how they close their petals (since they don't have vision or musculatory systems)? Pretty neat! I wonder how the daisies “know” that it’s night time, and how they close their petals (since they don’t have vision or musculatory systems)?

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