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

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxeye¹

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

Example Sentences

The wind had dropped and the Copse was silent but for the spring chirp of an oxeye.

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

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A costly Diamond, that had once sparkled in a lady's ring, lay in a field amid tall grasses and oxeye daisies.

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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.

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

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