ox·eye /-ˌaɪ/
牛眼菊,大眼睛
Ox·eye n.
1. Bot. (a) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy. (b) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis). (c) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.
2. Zool. (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
Creeping oxeye Bot. a West Indian composite plant (Wedelia carnosa).
Seaside oxeye Bot., a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens).
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oxeye
n 1: any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus
Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers [syn: heliopsis]
2: Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with
yellow rays and dark centers
3: an oval or round dormer window