What is "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

2. a seed from a sticktight[1].

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.

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 pricky fruits that cling to fur and clothing; -- also called beggar's-ticks.

   Syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight.

alt. 1 Any of several plants, of the genus ''Bidens'', having yellow flowers and prickly fruit. 2 The barbed fruit of these plants, which sticks to clothing and to animal fur. n. 1 Any of several plants, of the genus ''Bidens'', having yellow flowers and prickly fruit. 2 The barbed fruit of these plants, which sticks to clothing and to animal fur.

1. n. 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]