tickseed

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noun

A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.

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Meanings

nountickseed (plural tickseeds)

plural tickseeds

  1. A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.
  2. A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
    1. Bidens, beggarticks.
    2. Coreopsis, coreopsis
    3. Corispermum, bugseeds
    4. Desmodium, tick-trefoils

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America

Similar
coreopsistickweedtick-weed
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
beggar's tickscoreopsis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tick + seed, from tick (“the insect”).

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tickseed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickseed.

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