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beggar-ticks
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun beggar-ticks has 2 senses
- beggar-ticks(n = noun.plant) spanish needles - the seed of bur marigolds; Array is a part of beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight
- beggar-ticks(n = noun.plant) beggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing; Array is a member of bidens, genus bidens
is a kind of bur, burr
has particulars: bidens bipinnata, spanish needles, bidens coronata, bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower, bidens tripartita, european beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold, bidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks
has parts: beggar-ticks, spanish needles
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
CIDE DICTIONARY
beggar-ticks, n.
- the seed of bur marigolds. [WordNet 1.5]
- 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 . [WordNet 1.5]
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