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.) (a) Same as
Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus
Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
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.) (a) Same as
Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus
Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.