Definition of: birdseye

(bûrdz′ī′) adjective
1. Marked with spots resembling birds' eyes: birdseye cotton, birdseye maple.
2. Seen at a glance, and from above: a birdseye view; also, cursory.
—noun
1. A plant with small, bright-colored flowers, the birdseye primrose (Primula farinosa).
2. The germander speed-well.
3. A textile fabric woven in a pattern of small eyelike indentations.
4. Any of various fabrics having such a pattern. Also bird's′-eye′.