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n.
  1. Either of two Eurasian plants of the genus Buphthalum, having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers.
  2. Any of various New World plants of the genus Heliopsis, having similar flowers.
  3. A round or oval dormer window.

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A bull’s-eye, 2.

 
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oxeye, name for several plants, e.g., the oxeye daisy and black-eyed Susan, but particularly for two genera: Heliopsis, native to North America, and Buphthalmum, native to Europe and W Asia but cultivated elsewhere. Both are perennials of the family Asteraceae (aster family) and are grown as ornamentals for their showy yellow heads. Oxeyes are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
  Synonym: heliopsis

Meaning #2: Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers

Meaning #3: an oval or round dormer window

 
 
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