Coreopsis /(kō`rē̇*ŏp"sĭs)/
Co·re·op·sis
Coreopsis
prop. n.
- 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. (Bot.)