HyperDic: tick_trefoil

English > 1 sense of the expression tick trefoil:
NOUNplanttick trefoil, beggar lice, beggar's liceany of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
English > tick trefoil: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments.
Synonymsbeggar lice, beggar's lice
Member ofDesmodium, genus Desmodiumbeggarweed
Narrowerbeggarweed, Desmodium tortuosum, Desmodium purpureumWest Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil
Broadersubshrub, suffrutexlow-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

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