Coreopsis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several composite herbs, of genus Coreopsis, typically with bright yellow flowers.
  2. 2
    any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”) + New Latin -opsis (“resembling in appearance”), from Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “aspect, appearance”).

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