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Beggar's 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

  2. a seed from a sticktight[1].

Beggar's ticks

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.

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beggar's ticks

n. The bur marigold and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns that adhere to clothing.