oxeye
noun
Meaning
- Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
- Heliopsis spp.
- Heteranthemis viscidehirta
- Telekia speciosa
- Any oxeye daisy.
- Leucanthemum vulgare
- Any of a genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum spp.), with large yellow flowers.
- The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
- A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).
- The dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- A fish of species Boops boops (bogue, box)
Etymology / origin
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.
- œil-de-bœuf(French)→
- عَيْن الْبَقَر(ar)→
- oxeye (English)
- Relations: calque, cog
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