calliopsis

American  

[kal-ee-op-sis] / ˌkæl iˈɒp sɪs /

noun

1. any of several species of coreopsis, especially Coreopsis tinctoria, a widely cultivated garden plant.

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calliopsis British  

/ ˌkælɪˈɒpsɪs /

noun

1. another name for coreopsis

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Etymology

Origin of calliopsis

calli- + -opsis

Example Sentences

Away at one end were the beds of old-fashioned flowers: hollyhocks and phlox and stocks, coreopsis and calliopsis, calendula and campanula, fox-gloves and monks-hoods and lady-slippers.

From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry

"Mother always says that gay flowers are the city person's greatest help in brightening up a dark room," said Della as she laid aside all the calliopsis from the flowers she was sorting.

From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

And we had banks of calliopsis and sunflowers—the small sunflowers of Kansas, that bloom a hundred or more to a stalk—and tall phlox whose fragrance carries one back to some far, forgotten childhood.

From Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Fogarty, Thomas

Annuals.—African daisy, ageratum, aster, calendula, calliopsis, balsam, candytuft, cornflower, cosmos, marigold, mignonette, nasturtium, petunia, poppy, stock, sweet alyssum, sweet-pea, verbena, zinnia, annual phlox, red sunflower, cut-and-come-again sunflower.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Some familiar examples of hardy annuals are sweet alyssum, ageratum, calendula, calliopsis, candytuft, Centaurea Cyanus, clarkia, larkspur, gilia, California poppy, morning-glory, marigold, mignonette, nemophila, pansy, phlox, pinks, poppies, portulaca, zinnia, sweet pea, scabiosa.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)