'Tickseed' definitions:

Definition of 'tickseed'

(from WordNet)
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: coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed]

Definition of 'Tickseed'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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