birdeyes

Noun

birdeye (countable and uncountable, plural birdeyes)

1. A position looking down from above, either literally or figuratively (providing an overview).
   • These two forms of lighting are most used at CBS, although birdeyes are used occasionally.1944, Frederik A. Kugel, Television Magazine, volumes 1-3, page 77
2. An eye that is birdlike, especially one with an unblinking stare or with very keen eyesight.
   • With no voice something formed inside her. Like a bird regarding a snail. And I await the swoop, the ravaging beak, the descent of the sleek, pinfeathered head and the naked hunger in the shrewd birdeyes.1981, Maurice Duggan, Christian Karlson Stead, Collected Stories, page 37
3. A string bean of species Phaseolus vulgaris.
   • The remaining one fourth is generally used in the production of corn and hay, although some wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, and birdeye beans are grown.1930, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Soil survey, page 35
4. A small, extremely hot chili (Capsicum frutescen), a piri piri.
   • At a shop called Thandapani are sacks of chilies — dried large chilies, which are not too hot, Dhershini says; medium-hot red peppers and green ones; small, wrinkled red chilies that are very hot; and tiny, bright-red birdeye chilies that are, she says, "Oh my God!1993, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, Gourmet, volume 53, numbers 1-6, page 92
5. A flowering herbaceous perennial, Veronica chamaedrys.
   • Veronica persica (common names: birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye or winter speedwell) is a flowering plant native to Eurasia.2016, M Sharifi-Rad, GS Tayeboon, J Sharifi-Rad, “Inhibitory activity on type 2 diabetes and hypertension key-enzymes, and antioxidant capacity of Veronica persica phenolic-rich extracts”, in...
6. A partially woody spurge (Caperonia castaneaefolia) found in wet soils in the southeastern U.S.; Mexican weed; Texas weed.
   • Hand pulling and mowing are used to remove indigo and curly indigo, but this is not practical for the Mexican weed (birdeye) and red weed.1891, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Publications: Entomology - Volume 3, page 242

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