oxeye

[oks-ahy]

noun, plural ox·eyes.

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.

Nearby words

Origin of oxeye

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at ox, eye

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Examples from the Web for oxeye

The wind had dropped and the Copse was silent but for the spring chirp of an oxeye.
Lives of the Fur Folk|M. D. Haviland
An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.
The Laurel Health Cookery|Evora Bucknum Perkins
In 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. Bechstein
A 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 Bryant

I have seen an oxeye attack a quail and kill it in this way.
The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein

British Dictionary definitions for oxeye

oxeye

noun

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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