Definition of beggar-ticks Beggar-ticks

beg•gar•ticks

We found 4 definitions of beggar-ticks from 2 different sources.

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What does beggar-ticks mean?

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Noun

beggar-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
  bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight
  subshrub, suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
  bidens, genus bidens bur marigolds
  bidens bipinnata, spanish needles common bur marigold of the eastern United States
  beggar-ticks, spanish needles common bur marigold of the eastern United States
  bidens coronata, bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower North American bur marigold with large flowers
  bidens tripartita, european beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
beggar-ticks - the seed of bur marigolds
  Spanish needles
  bur, burr small bit used in dentistry or surgery
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  • beggar-ticks (Noun)
    Any of several plants, of the genus Bidens, having yellow flowers and prickly fruit.
  • beggar-ticks (Noun)
    The barbed fruit of these plants, that sticks to clothing and to animal fur.

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