beggar[s-ticks (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *beggar's-ticks*:
NOUN	plant	beggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, sticktight	any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

English > *beggar's-ticks*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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-ticks, sticktight
Member of	Bidens, genus Bidens	bur marigolds
Parts	Spanish needles, beggar-ticks	The seed of bur marigolds
Narrower	European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold, Bidens tripartita	bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
	Spanish needles, Bidens bipinnata	Common bur marigold of the eastern United States
	swampy beggar-ticks, Bidens connata	bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows
	tickseed sunflower, Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma	North American bur marigold with large flowers
Broader	subshrub, suffrutex	low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

HyperDic: beggar[s-ticks