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stick-tight

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].

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stick-tight

n. beggar's ticks