oxeye

oxeye
/oks"uy'/, n., pl. oxeyes.
1. any of several composite plants, esp. of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
2. Informal. any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.
3. Archit. oeil-de-boeuf.
[1375-1425; late ME; see OX, EYE]

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      in Britain, any of certain small sandpipers (especially the dunlin; q.v.) and the great tit (titmouse). See also tit (titmouse).

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  • oxeye — [äk′sī΄] n. [ME oxie: see OX & EYE] any of several composite plants, as a sunflowerlike perennial plant (Heliopsis helianthoides) of E North America …   English World dictionary

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