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Coreopsis tinctoria (gcide) | 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.
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Coreopsis tinctoria (gcide) | Calliopsis \Cal`li*op"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr.
kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.)
A popular name given to a few species of the genus
Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas.
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coreopsis tinctoria (wn) | Coreopsis tinctoria
n 1: North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow
flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some
classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis [syn:
calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria] |
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coreopsis tinctoria (wn) | Coreopsis tinctoria
n 1: North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow
flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some
classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis [syn:
calliopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria] |
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