tickseed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
    tickweed; coreopsis; tick-weed.

WordNet

Tick"seed` noun
Etymology
Tick the insect + seed; cf. G. wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913