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Definition of Tickseeds
1. tickseed [n] - See also: tickseed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tickseeds
Literary usage of Tickseeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"For instance, the recent censuses of swallows, cicadas and tickseeds each mobilised
more than 30 000 persons, organised in over 5 000 groups. ..."
2. The State of Missouri: An Autobiography by Walter Williams (1904)
"... in wet woods, swamps, and in other such situations are to be found numerous
other species of sedges, such composites as certain tickseeds (Coreopsis), ..."
3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The tickseeds are little yellow-flowered composites, with the pappus much reduced,
appearing commonly as a couple of small F1G. 'JU5. Asters and golden-rod. ..."
4. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The alternate weed- hosts on which its life history is completed are the
tickseeds (Coreopsis verticillata and C. major). Scotch pine needles are affected ..."
5. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"They fairly shower gold, with the sunflowers, golden asters, little tickseeds
and innumerable others of their clan. ..."
6. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"Wet places should be drained to get rid of such weeds as sedges, spearmint and
tickseeds. Proper fertilization and the raising of good crops will in many ..."
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