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

beggar lice tick trefoil

Hypernyms

subshrub suffrutex stickweed

Hyponyms

beggarweed Desmodium purpureum Desmodium tortuosum

Close letter words and terms

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