beggar's lice

Noun

Meaning

The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

beggar's-lice

Synonyms

bur beggar lice tick trefoil

Hypernyms

suffrutex subshrub stickweed

Hyponyms

beggarweed Desmodium tortuosum Desmodium purpureum

Close letter words and terms

beggar woman beggar's button beggar's hut beggar's ticks beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbor policy