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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: beggar-ticks (0.01011 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to beggar-ticks.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: beggar-ticks beggar-ticks n 1: the seed of bur marigolds [syn: spanish needles] 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's-ticks, sticktight]
English → English (gcide) Definition: beggar-ticks 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'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 \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]

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