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beggar-ticks
(gcide) | stick-tight \stick"-tight`\, n. (Bot.)
1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that
may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the
genus Bidens, also called bur marigold,
beggar-ticks, and Beggar's ticks, which have prickly
flattened achenes. --RHUD
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. a seed from a sticktight[1].
[PJC] |
beggar-ticks
(gcide) | Beggar's ticks \Beg"gar's ticks`\
The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed
with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with
unpleasant tenacity; -- also called beggar-ticks.
[1913 Webster] |
beggar-ticks
(gcide) | beggar-ticks \beggar-ticks\ n.
1. the seed of bur marigolds.
Syn: spanish needles.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow
flowers and pricky fruits that cling to fur and clothing;
-- also called beggar's-ticks.
Syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight.
[WordNet 1.5] |
beggar-ticks
(wn) | beggar-ticks
n 1: the seed of bur marigolds [syn: Spanish needles, {beggar-
ticks}]
2: any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow
flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
[syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks,
beggar's-ticks, sticktight] |
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