genus coreopsis

Noun
  1. Genus of American plants widely cultivated for their flowers (synset 111977140)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym:
    • coreopsis, tick-weed, tickseed, tickweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
    • subgenus calliopsis - used in some classification systems for some plants of genus Coreopsis
    belongs to: aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia

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