What is "tickseed"

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.)

   1. Same as Coreopsis.

   2. Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.

n. 1 A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape. 2 A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera: 3 # ''Bidens'', (vern beggartick pedia=1)s. 4 # ''Coreopsis'', coreopsis 5 # (taxlink Corispermum genus noshow=1), goosefoots 6 # (taxlink Desmodium genus noshow=1), (vern tick-trefoil pedia=1)s

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]

Tickseed (also tick-seed and tick seed) is a common name for seeds of several plants that stick to fur, clothing, or other surfaces when the plant is brushed against. The term may refer to any such seed in general, but more specifically to:

• Bidens
• Coreopsis
• Corispermum
• Desmodium