Definition of Tickweed

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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tickweed

ticks off
tickseed sunflower
tickseeds
ticktack
ticktacked
ticktacking
ticktacks
ticktacktoe
ticktacktoes
ticktacktoo
ticktock
ticktocked
ticktocking
ticktocks
tickweed (current term)
ticky
ticky-box
ticky-boxes
ticky-tacky
ticky box
ticky boxes
ticky tacky
ticlatone
ticlike
ticlopidine
ticpolonga
ticpolongas
ticrynafen
tics

Literary usage of Tickweed

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

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1889)
"... a carving knife. bu'-wfi-lni«, tickweed. Ьй'-ич-li, a little boy. ..."

2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Balm, Mosquito Plant, tickweed. Native. Annual. -Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: July to September. Seed-time: August to October. ..."

3. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"55, 1* Leones opposite and undivided. testa, N. (tickweed. r. M.) small, smooth: stem simple: leaves linear, entire; axils leafy: flowers few, ..."

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