beggar's ticks

Noun

Meaning

The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

beggar's-ticks

Synonyms

bur marigold beggar-ticks burr marigold sticktight

Hypernyms

subshrub suffrutex

Hyponyms

Spanish needles Bidens tripartita European beggar-ticks Bidens coronata Bidens trichosperma Bidens connata

Close letter words and terms

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