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Webster 1913 Edition

Calliopsis

‖

Calˊli-op′sis

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. pref.

καλλι-

(fr.

καλόσ

beautiful) +

ὄψισ

appearance.]

(Bot.)

A popular name given to a few species of the genus

Coreopsis

, especially to

Coreopsis tinctoria

of Arkansas.