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.
Origin of oxeye
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How to use oxeye in a sentence
The squirrels and oxeyes squabbled in the hazels, and the badgers went harvesting when the moon rose.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. Haviland"I'm so sorry," says Esther, looking up sympathisingly, with her lap full of decapitated oxeyes.
Red as a Rose is She | Rhoda Broughton
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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