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Definitions for tickseedˈtɪkˌsid

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tick•seedˈtɪkˌsid(n.)

  1. any of various plants having seeds resembling ticks, as a coreopsis.

    Category: Plants

Origin of tickseed:

1555–65

Princeton's WordNet

  1. coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed(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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tickseed(noun)

    a seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants

  2. Tickseed(noun)

    same as Coreopsis

  3. Tickseed(noun)

    any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family

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