Definition of Genus coreopsis

1. Noun. Genus of American plants widely cultivated for their flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Coreopsis

genus Convallaria
genus Convolvulus
genus Conyza
genus Copernicia
genus Coprinus
genus Coptis
genus Coracias
genus Coragyps
genus Corallorhiza
genus Corchorus
genus Cordaites
genus Cordia
genus Cordyline
genus Cordylus
genus Coregonus
genus Coreopsis
genus Coriandrum
genus Corixa
genus Cornus
genus Corokia
genus Coronilla
genus Corozo
genus Cortaderia
genus Corticium
genus Cortinarius
genus Corvus
genus Coryanthes
genus Corydalis
genus Corydalus
genus Corylopsis

Literary usage of Genus coreopsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1901)
"... proposed a new genus Coreopsis, mono- typical with him, then, and represented by the Bidens suc- ..."

2. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The plants contained in this genus have been separated from those retained in the genus Coreopsis, on account of the palea of the receptacle heing in the ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... several of which were, and indeed still are, referred by some authorities to the genus Coreopsis. They are usually free from hairs, the leaves opposite, ..."

4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"1 is Plate 139. a seedling; 2, a ray-floret; 3, a disk-floret; 4, the fruit, natural size and enlarged. COREOPSIS Natural Order COMPOSITE. genus coreopsis ..."

5. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... Mitella in general appearance and is well suited for the rock-work or herbaceous border. Tick Seed. The genus Coreopsis. Tick Trefoil. See Desmodium. ..."

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