tick·seed /ˈtɪkˌsid/
Tick·seed n.
1. A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
2. Bot. (a) Same as Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
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tickseed
n : any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a
profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over
long periods; North and South America [syn: coreopsis,
tickweed, tick-weed]