oxeye

English

Alternative forms

• ox-eye

Etymology

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.

Noun

oxeye (plural oxeyes)

1. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
   1. Heliopsis spp.
   2. Heteranthemis viscidehirta
   3. Telekia speciosa
2. Any oxeye daisy.
   1. Leucanthemum vulgare
   2. Any of a genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum spp.), with large yellow flowers.
3. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
4. A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).
5. The dunlin (Calidris alpina)
6. A fish of species Boops boops (bogue, box)

Derived terms

• Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye (Sphagneticola trilobata)
• creeping oxeye (Wedelia spp. etc)
• heart-leaved oxeye (Telekia speciosa)
• oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
• seaside oxeye (Borrichia frutescens)
• smooth oxeye (Borrichia frutescens)
• yellow oxeye (Telekia speciosa)
• yellow oxeye daisy (Buphthalmum salicifolium)
• oxeye oreo (Allocyttus folletti)

Translations

daisy-like flower

• Finnish: päivänkakkara (fi)

Anthemis arvensis

• Finnish: peltosauramo

plant of the genus Buphthalmum

• Finnish: häränkukka (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βούφθαλμον n (boúphthalmon)

titmouse — see titmouse

dunlin — see dunlin

Boops boops — see bogue

See also

• ox-eyed
• oxeyed