OXEYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxeye mean? 

• OXEYE (noun)
  The noun OXEYE has 3 senses:

1. any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers

2. Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers

3. an oval or round dormer window

  Familiarity information: OXEYE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXEYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

heliopsis; oxeye

Hypernyms ("oxeye" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("oxeye" is a member of...):

genus Heliopsis (oxeye)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("oxeye" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oxeye"):

Buphthalmum salicifolium; woodland oxeye (hairy Eurasian perennial having deep yellow daisies on lax willowy stems; found in the wild in open woodland and on rocky slopes)

Holonyms ("oxeye" is a member of...):

Buphthalmum; genus Buphthalmum (oxeye)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An oval or round dormer window

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oxeye" is a kind of...):

dormer window (the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window)