beggar-ticks meaning

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beggar-ticks (noun): the seed of bur marigolds.

beggar-ticks has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

beggar-ticks as a noun

  1. the seed of bur marigolds

    Synonyms: Spanish needles

    Type of: bur

  2. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

    Synonyms: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight

    Type of: subshrub

    Kinds: Spanish needles, tickseed sunflower, European beggar-ticks, swampy beggar-ticks

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