/oks"uy'/ , n. , pl. oxeyes .
1. any of several composite plants, esp. of the genera Heliopsis and Buphthalum, having ray flowers surrounding a conspicuous disk.
2. Informal. any of several shorebirds, as the least sandpiper.
3. Archit. oeil-de-boeuf.
[ 1375-1425; late ME; see OX, EYE ]