oxeye

[ oks-ahy ]

/ ˈɒksˌaɪ /

any of several composite plants, especially of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.

Informal. any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.

Architecture. oeil-de-boeuf.

Origin of oxeye

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

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
An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.

The Laurel Health Cookery |Evora Bucknum Perkins
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.

The Natural History of Cage Birds |J. M. Bechstein
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

I have seen an oxeye attack a quail and kill it in this way.

The Natural History of Cage Birds |J. M. Bechstein

oxeye

/ (ˈɒksˌaɪ) /

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 (def. 2)