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tickseed

[tik-seed]

noun

  1. any of various plants having seeds resembling ticks, tick, as a coreopsis or the bugseed.

  2. tick trefoil.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tickseed1

First recorded in 1555–65; tick 2 + seed
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Example Sentences

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He said a recent bloom of a field of tickseed sunflowers in the park drew thousands of pollinators like soldier beetles, along with scores of curious onlookers.

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Then it can be planted with plains tickseed and clasping coneflower .

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