n. Any of various plants of the genus Coreopsis in the composite family, chiefly of North America, having showy radiate flower heads with yellow or, rarely, purplish flowers. Also called tickseed. [New Latin Coreopsis, genus name : Greek koris, bedbug; see sker-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -OPSIS.] |
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