Bot. [mod.L., f. Gr. κόρις, κορε- bug + ὄψις appearance, in reference to the bug-like shape of the seed.] An American genus of Compositæ, several species of which are cultivated for their handsome flowers with yellow or parti-colored rays.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Suppl., Coreopsis … the name given by Linnæus to a genus of plants, called by Dillenius … a species of Bidens.
1891. Queen, 14 Nov., 804/3. The proper time for planting coreopsis seeds.
