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sticktight

n. (taxlink Hackelia virginiana species noshow=1), a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs.

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sticktight
  1. n. 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-ticks, beggar's-ticks]

  2. parasitic on especially the heads of chickens [syn: sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea]

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But the sticktights did lurk there, and they might up the ante in the game at any minute.