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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.
  3. Architecture. oeil-de-boeuf.


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
  3. oxeye daisy
    another name for daisy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oxeye1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; ox, eye
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Example Sentences

But that was changing: He pointed to butter-and-eggs, oxeye daisies, bellflowers, tufted vetch, hemp nettle, spotted jewelweed, creeping Charlie, common tansy, orange hawkweed.

Beveridge said her property is dotted with oxeye daisies simply because deer leave those plants alone and chew through everything else.

The scarves are emblazoned with botanical prints based on plants like white oxeye daisy, purple spotted knapweed and yellow toadflax.

Swimming to the end of the pool, you can reach out and touch the oxeye daisies growing in the new wildflower meadow.

Beside an assortment of spray carnation, baby’s breath, cornflower and oxeye daisy is the caption: “Classified ‘Spare Parts’ deal.

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