Dictionary & Thesaurus

1.

(noun) any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments

Synonyms: beggar's lice, tick trefoil

Related Words: Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum, beggarweed, subshrub, suffrutex

2.

(noun) any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing

Synonyms: beggar's lice

Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant