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oxeye.

Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera, Heliopsis spp.

  2. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera, Heteranthemis viscidehirta

  3. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera, Telekia speciosa

  4. Any oxeye daisy. Leucanthemum vulgare

  5. Any oxeye daisy. Any of a genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum spp.), with large yellow flowers.

  6. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).

  7. A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).

  8. The dunlin (Calidris alpina)

  9. A fish of species Boops boops (bogue, box)

Where this word comes from

From ox + eye. Apparently in some senses, specifically Buphthalmum, translated from Arabic عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar, literally “ox-eye”), as also the case for French œil-de-bœuf.

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