Potato buds (4)
I believe the answer is:
'potato buds' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for eyes that I've seen before include "''Drink to me only with thine ...'' (Johnson)" , "Potato seed-buds" , "Scans" , "Paradoxical title of 1999 Kubrick film" , "Closely looks at" .)