Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Coreopsis.
- noun A plant of the genus Corispermum, usually named bug-seed.
- noun Same as
tick-trefoil .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
- noun Same as
Coreopsis . - noun Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A seed or fruit resembling an insect in shape.
- noun A
coreopsis . - noun Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the
goosefoot family.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In my humble opinion, the only one aside from the original tickseed that does anything around here is good old “Moonbeam.”
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Her space in Carbondale, Ill., is filled with wildflowers such as cone flowers and tickseed.
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A field of wildflowers, tidy-tips and mullein and tickseed and bindweed, sloped steeply down to the edge of the mesa.
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As she went she picked a bouquet of wild-flowers — whatever caught her eye — fleabane, angelica, tickseed, heal-all.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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As she went she picked a bouquet of wild-flowers -- whatever caught her eye -- fleabane, angelica, tickseed, heal-all.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
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The palette of pretty native tickseed coreopsis now includes tropical and jewel tones.
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The palette of pretty native tickseed coreopsis now includes tropical and jewel tones.
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Spring: columbine, tickseed, lupine, daisies and most other annuals and perennials in the chrysanthemum family, Oriental poppies, thyme
Sun Journal 2010
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In the place of the grass and mixed weeds, I've placed a tickseed and two lavender plants.
Irregular Times 2010
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As for the seeds, you'll want to choose plants that require little maintenance, such as native wildflowers like California poppies, tickseed and purple cosmos.
SFGate: Top News Stories Janny Hu 2010
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