Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxeye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ox-eye
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,

noun

Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,

noun

Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,

noun

Any oxeye daisy.

noun

Any oxeye daisy.

noun

The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).

noun

A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).

noun

The dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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.

Inflected Forms

oxeyes (plural) ox-eye (alternative)

Phrases

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye creeping oxeye heart-leaved oxeye oxeye daisy oxeye herring oxeye oreo sea oxeye sea oxeye daisy

Frequently Paired Words

ox-eyed oxeyed

Synonyms

heliopsis

Questions

What does oxeye mean?: Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
Where does oxeye come from?: 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.

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