| NOUN | plant | burr marigold, bur marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight | any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing |
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| Meaning | 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 | bur marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-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 |
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