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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ox•eye (oks′ī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -eyes. - Plant Biologyany of several composite plants, esp. of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
- Birds, Informal Terms[Informal.]any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.
- Architectureoeil-de-boeuf.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see ox, eye
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oxeye /ˈɒksˌaɪ/ n - 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
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