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Webster 1913 Edition
Tickseed
Tick′seedˊ
,Noun.
[
Tick
the insect + seed
; cf. G. wanzensamen
, literally, bug seed.] 1.
A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
2.
(Bot.)
(a)
Same as
Coreopsis
. (b)
Any plant of the genus
Corispermum
, plants of the Goosefoot family.