Coreopsis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coreopsis \Co`re*op"sis\ (k[=o]`r[-e]*[o^]p"s[i^]s), prop. n.
     [NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.)
     A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes
     two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed.
     {Coreopsis tinctoria}, of the Western plains, the commonest
     plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coreopsis
       n : any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a
           profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over
           long periods; North and South America [syn: {tickseed}, {tickweed},
            {tick-weed}]