oxeye
any of several composite plants, especially of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
Informal. any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.
Architecture. oeil-de-boeuf.
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How to use oxeye in a sentence
The wind had dropped and the Copse was silent but for the spring chirp of an oxeye.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandThe ringing call of an oxeye overhead never was more clear, and blithe, and musical.
In the West Country | Francis A. KnightA costly Diamond, that had once sparkled in a lady's ring, lay in a field amid tall grasses and oxeye daisies.
Stories to Tell Children | Sara Cone BryantIn the house they should be given the same food as the oxeye, accustoming them to it at first by mixing bruised hemp-seed with it.
The Natural History of Cage Birds | J. M. BechsteinTheir small size, and their notes have given them the familiar name of "peep," but near New York they are also called "oxeye."
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland Bent
British Dictionary definitions for oxeye
/ (ˈɒksˌaɪ) /
any Eurasian plant of the genus Buphthalmum, having daisy-like flower heads with yellow rays and dark centres: family Asteraceae (composites)
any of various North American plants of the related genus Heliopsis, having daisy-like flowers
oxeye daisy another name for daisy (def. 2)
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