Coptis, genus Coptis

small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers

• magnoliid dicot genus — genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

• goldthread, golden thread, Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica — low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers

• Ranunculaceae, family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family — a family of Ranunculaceae