beggar-ticks
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(noun) the seed of bur marigolds |
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Synonyms: spanish needles |
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Related Words: bur, burr |
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(noun) any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing |
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Synonyms: beggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight |
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Related Words: Bidens bipinnata, Bidens connata, Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, Bidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, spanish needles, subshrub, suffrutex, swampy beggar-ticks, tickseed sunflower, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold |
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