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beggar-lice
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beggar-lice, n.
- any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing. [WordNet 1.5]
- any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments. [WordNet 1.5]
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