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Webster 1913 Edition
Coreopsis
‖
Coˊre-op′sis
(kōˊrē̍-ŏp′sĭs)
, p
rop.
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κόρισ
bug + ὄψισ
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. Definition 2024
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
See also: coreopsis
Translingual
Proper noun
Coreopsis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – some tickseeds.
Synonyms
- (genus): Calliopsis
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Coreopsideae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coreopsis sect. Anathysana, Coreopsis sect. Calliopsis, Coreopsis sect. Coreopsis, Coreopsis sect. Electra, Coreopsis sect. Eublepharis, Coreopsis sect. Gyrophyllum, Coreopsis sect. Leptosyne, Coreopsis sect. Pseudoagarista, Coreopsis sect. Pugiopappus, Coreopsis sect. Silphidium, Coreopsis sect. Tuckermannia - sections
Coordinate terms
- (genus): Bidens
coreopsis
coreopsis
See also: Coreopsis
English
Coreopsis gigantea
Noun
coreopsis (plural coreopses or coreopsises)
Translations
any of several composite herbs, of genus Coreopsis, typically with bright yellow flowers
Dutch
Etymology
Neo-Latin, from Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”) + Neo-Latin -opsis 'resembling structure' (from Greek)
Noun
coreopsis m (plural coreopsissen)
Synonyms
- meisjesogen pl