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Coreopsis  n.  (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" Quotes from Famous Books



... one, but we all stared at him. He seemed, though we had not the words to put it so, an exiled prince. He went straight through Tiverton Street until he came to the parsonage; and something about it (perhaps its garden, hot with flowers, larkspur, coreopsis, and the rest) detained his eye, and he walked in. Next day the old doctor was there also with his little black case, but we were none the wiser for that; for the old doctor was of the sort who intrench themselves in a ...
— Tiverton Tales • Alice Brown

... yellow wings, that one almost expected to see them fly away, and the snapdragons that went off like little pistol-shots when you cracked them. Splendid dollies did she make out of scarlet and white poppies, with ruffled robes tied round the waist with grass blade sashes, and astonishing hats of coreopsis on their green heads. Pea-pod boats, with rose-leaf sails, received these flower-people, and floated them about a placid pool in the most charming style; for finding that there were no elves, Daisy made her own, and loved the fanciful little friends who ...
— Little Men - Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys • Louisa May Alcott



Words linked to "Coreopsis" :   calliopsis, herbaceous plant, Coreopsis gigantea, Coreopsis tinctoria, giant coreopsis, Coreopsis maritima, sea dahlia, herb, tick-weed



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