Definition of "oxeye" [ox•eye]

• Either of two Eurasian plants of the genus Buphthalum, having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers. (noun)
• Any of various New World plants of the genus Heliopsis, having similar flowers. (noun)
• A round or oval dormer window. (noun)

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• "The UK Native Seed Hub will focus initially on plants of lowland meadows or semi-natural grassland like these oxeye daisies."
• "Species to be reintroduced include the harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)."
• "Burbank spent seventeen years hybridizing the common oxeye daisy with the English daisy, the German daisy, and the small but brilliantly white Japanese daisy."