beggar's lice

1. (noun) any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
Synonyms: beggar lice
Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant

2. (noun) any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
Synonyms: beggar lice, tick trefoil
Related Words: Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum, beggarweed, subshrub, suffrutex



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