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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ox·eye n.
 1. Bot. (a) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy. (b) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).  (c) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.
 2. Zool. (a)  A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
 Creeping oxeye Bot. a West Indian composite plant (Wedelia carnosa).
 Seaside oxeye Bot., a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens).
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sam·phire n.  Bot. (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
    Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!   --Shak.
 (b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. (c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
 Golden samphire. See under Golden.
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