calliopsis

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noun

A flower of the genus Coreopsis.

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Coreopsis tinctoria
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Meanings

noun
  1. A flower of the genus Coreopsis.

    Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the briers' yeasty musk […].

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNorth American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis

Similar
Coreopsis tinctoria
Broader
coreopsistickseedtickweed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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