n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) (a) Same as Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family. [ 1913 Webster ]
(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. tick-weed, tickweed, tickseed