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cal·li·op·sis (k

A North American annual plant (Coreopsis tinctoria) widely cultivated for its showy flower heads with yellow rays and purple-red to brownish centers.

[New Latin : Greek kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty) + Greek opsis, appearance; see -opsis.]

calliopsis [ˌkælɪˈɒpsɪs]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for coreopsis

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calliopsis - North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis

Coreopsis tinctoria

coreopsis, tick-weed, tickseed, tickweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America

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