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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: beggar-ticks (0.02582 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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