English > sticktight: 2 senses > noun 1, plant| 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, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks |
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| Member of | Bidens, genus Bidens | bur marigolds |
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| Parts | Spanish needles, beggar-ticks | The seed of bur marigolds |
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| Narrower | European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold, Bidens tripartita | bur marigold of temperate Eurasia |
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| 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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