tickseed

2 definitions found

tickseed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tickseed \Tick"seed`\, n. [Tick the insect + seed; cf. G.
     wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.]
     1. A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of
        certain plants.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.)
        (a) Same as Coreopsis.
        (b) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the
            Goosefoot family.
            [1913 Webster]

tickseed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tickseed
      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]