pheasant's-eye

noun

plural pheasant's-eyes

1

: a plant of the genus Adonis

especially : a Eurasian herb (A. annua) often cultivated for its deep red dark-centered flowers

2

: pheasant's-eye pink

3

: poet's narcissus

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