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Coreopsis \Co`re*op"sis\ (k[=o]`r[-e]*[o^]p"s[i^]s), prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance.]
(Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes
two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed.
Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest
plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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coreopsis 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 [syn: tickseed, tickweed,
tick-weed]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Coreopsis \Co`re*op"sis\ (k?`r?-?p"s?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ????
bug + ??? appearance.]
(Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes
two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C.
tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the
genus, has been used in dyeing.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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