資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tickseed \Tick"seed`\, 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.

   2. (Bot.)
      (a) Same as {Coreopsis}.
      (b) Any plant of the genus {Corispermum}, plants of the
          Goosefoot family.

資料來源 : WordNet®

tickseed
     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: {coreopsis},
         {tickweed}, {tick-weed}]