Found 2 items, similar to Coreopsis tinctoria.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Coreopsis tinctoria Coreopsis tinctoria n : North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis [syn: calliopsis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Coreopsis tinctoria Coreopsis \Co`re*op"sis\ (k[=o]`r[-e]*[o^]p"s[i^]s), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`ris bug + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. Coreopsis tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing. [1913 Webster] Calliopsis \Cal`li*op"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. kalli- (fr. kalo`s beautiful) + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to Coreopsis tinctoria of Arkansas. [1913 Webster]