: any of several composite plants (as of the genera Leucanthemum or Heliopsis) having heads with both disk and ray flowers
especially
: daisy sense 1b
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At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
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oxeye
noun
ox·eye
ˈäk-ˌsī 
: any of several plants related to the daisies and having heads with both disk and ray flowers
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