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noun
A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.
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noun
A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
Bidens, beggarticks.
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noun
A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
Coreopsis, coreopsis
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noun
A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
Corispermum, bugseeds
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noun
A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
Desmodium, tick-trefoils
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coreopsis, tickweed, tick-weed
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: giant coreopsis, Coreopsis gigantea, sea dahlia, Coreopsis maritima, calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria
History
From tick + seed, from tick (“the insect”).
