oxeye daisy
- noun
- /ˈɑkˌsaɪ ˈdeɪ.zi/
:
margarita de ojo de buey
- In the summer, the fields are filled with bright oxeye daisies, their white petals shining in the sun.
Examples
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The gardener planted oxeye daisies to attract butterflies and enhance the natural beauty of the landscape.
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Two of these plants, oxeye daisy and chicory, have been classic weeds in Vermont for two hundred years.
Academic text (1991) -
She picked a bouquet of wildflowers, including oxeye daisies, for the table centerpiece.
Synonyms
A tall plant from Europe and Asia with leafy stems and white daisy-like flowers
A tall plant with white petals and a yellow center that comes back each year
A tall plant that comes back every year with white daisy-like flowers
A plant with large daisy-like yellow or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound: 'oxeye' (a plant) modifies 'daisy' (a type of flower), so the phrase denotes a specific kind of daisy. The meaning is referential and compositionally derived from its parts rather than idiomatic, a pattern that is cross-linguistically common and easily understood by learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Oxeye daisy gets its name from a simple picture: the flower's big round yellow center looked like the 'eye' of an ox, so people called it the 'ox eye' daisy and the name stuck for the wildflower with white petals.
