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Definition of Tick-weed
1. Noun. Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America.
Group relationships: Genus Coreopsis
Specialized synonyms: Coreopsis Gigantea, Giant Coreopsis, Coreopsis Maritima, Sea Dahlia, Calliopsis, Coreopsis Tinctoria
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tick-weed
Literary usage of Tick-weed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"There are some parts of the body where we are easier tickled than others; for
example, the soles of the feet, and the hypochondriac region. Tick'weed ..."
2. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"A French term signifying a painful spasm, usually applied to neuralgia of the face.
TICK. A small insect; a species of Acarus, which see. tick-weed. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Also called tick-weed and squaw-mint. July-Sept. 2. Hedeoma hispida Pursh.
Rough Pennyroyal. Fig. 3648. Hedeoma hispida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 414. ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Canada to Florida and went to Nebraska. Pennyroyal, American or Mock Pennyroyal,
Squaw Mint, tick-weed, Stinking Balm; Ger. ..."
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