coreopsis

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coreopsis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

coreopsis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coreopsis
      n 1: 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: coreopsis,
           tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed]