Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.]
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. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus
major) and the blue titmouse (P. c[oe]ruleus).
[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).
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |