different between daisy vs oxeye

English

Alternative forms

• daisie, daysie

Etymology

From Middle English dayesye, from Old English dæ?es ?age (“daisy”, literally “day's eye”) due to the flowers closing their blossoms during night. The rhyming slang comes from daisy roots for boots.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?de?.zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Noun

daisy (plural daisies)

1. A wild flowering plant Bellis perennis of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals
2. Many other flowering plants of various species.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A boot or other footwear.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• daisy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• I'd say, Sayid, diyas

English

Alternative forms

• ox-eye

Etymology

ox +? eye. Apparently in some senses, specifically Buphthalmum, translated from Arabic ????? ????????? (?ayn al-baqar, literally “ox-eye”), as also the case for French œil-de-bœuf.

Noun

oxeye (plural oxeyes)

1. Several daisy-like flowers in various genera,
   1. Heliopsis spp.
   2. Heteranthemis viscidehirta
   3. Telekia speciosa
2. Any oxeye daisy.
   1. Leucanthemum vulgare
   2. Any of a genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.
3. The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
4. A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).
5. The dunlin (Calidris alpina)
6. A fish Boops boops; the bogue, or box.

Derived terms

• Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye (Sphagneticola trilobata)
• creeping oxeye (Wedelia spp. etc)
• heart-leaved oxeye
• oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
• seaside oxeye (Borrichia frutescens)
• smooth oxeye (Borrichia frutescens)
• yellow oxeye daisy (Buphthalmum salicifolium)
• oxeye oreo (Allocyttus folletti)

Translations

See also

• ox-eyed
• oxeyed