oxeye
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noun, plural ox·eyes.
1.
any of several composite plants, especially of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
2.
Informal. any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.
3.
Architecture, oeil-de-boeuf.
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| 1. | any Eurasian plant of the genus Buphthalmum, having daisy-like flower heads with yellow rays and dark centres: family Asteraceae (composites) |
| 2. | any of various North American plants of the related genus Heliopsis, having daisy-like flowers |
| 3. | oxeye daisy another name for daisy |
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Oxeye daisy is easily killed by intensive cultivation.
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