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Definition of Calliopsis
1. Noun. North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis.
Definition of Calliopsis
1. n. A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calliopsis
Literary usage of Calliopsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"No annual is better known than the golden Coreopsis, and, though botanists now
tell us the plant is not a coreopsis, but a calliopsis, we may be sure, ..."
2. Seventy-five Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1870)
"No annual is better known than the golden Coreopsis, and, though botanists now
tell us the plant is not a coreopsis, but a calliopsis, we may be sure, ..."
3. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"... suitable for growing in masses, as it continues in bloom all the season.
One foot high. C. tinctoria will be found under the head of calliopsis. ..."
4. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"GENUS V. calliopsis, Reich. THE calliopsis. Lin. Syst. ... calliopsis tinctoria
was first supposed to be tender, but it is now found quite hardy, ..."
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