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calliopsis

calliopsis noun: a flower of the genus Coreopsis.

Noun

calliopsis

  1. A flower of the genus Coreopsis.
    • Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the briers' yeasty musk […].1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 80

Questions about calliopsis

What does calliopsis mean?
Calliopsis means a flower of the genus Coreopsis.
What part of speech is calliopsis?
Calliopsis is a noun.

Words near calliopsis in the dictionary

  1. calliopid
  2. calliopiid
  3. calliopiids
  4. calliopist
  5. calliopists
  6. calliopsis
  7. calliostomatid
  8. calliostomatids
  9. callipallenid
  10. callipallenids
  11. callipash

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