oxeye

[ oks-ahy ]

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.

  1. Architecture. oeil-de-boeuf.

Origin of oxeye

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at ox, eye

Words Nearby oxeye

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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. Haviland
  • The ringing call of an oxeye overhead never was more clear, and blithe, and musical.

    In the West Country | Francis A. Knight
  • 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
  • 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.

  • Their small size, and their notes have given them the familiar name of "peep," but near New York they are also called "oxeye."

British Dictionary definitions for oxeye

oxeye

/ (ˈɒksˌaɪ) /


noun
  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

  1. oxeye daisy another name for daisy (def. 2)

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