Definitions for oxeye

oxeye ox·eye

Spelling: [oks-ahy]
IPA: /ˈɒksˌaɪ/

Oxeye is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in oxeye (eeoxy).

Definitions for oxeye

noun

  1. any of several composite plants, especially of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
  2. Informal. any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.
  3. Architecture. oeil-de-boeuf.

Origin of oxeye

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at ox, eye

Examples for oxeye

The wind had dropped and the Copse was silent but for the spring chirp of an oxeye.

The farmer in this locality must have an alert eye for Canada thistles and oxeye daisy.

The ringing call of an oxeye overhead never was more clear, and blithe, and musical.

Their small size, and their notes have given them the familiar name of "peep," but near New York they are also called "oxeye."

I have seen an oxeye attack a quail and kill it in this way.

In the house they should be given the same food as the oxeye, accustoming them to it at first by mixing bruised hemp-seed with it.

A costly Diamond, that had once sparkled in a lady's ring, lay in a field amid tall grasses and oxeye daisies.

An oxeye daisy, p. 31, may be placed in center of canape, in the wreath of parsley.

Word Value for oxeye
Scrable

15

Words with friends

14

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