Beggar-ticks

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  stick-tight \stick"-tight`\, n. (Bot.)
     1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that
        may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the
        genus {Bidens}, also called {bur marigold},
        {beggar-ticks}, and {Beggar's ticks}, which have prickly
        flattened achenes. --RHUD


        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. a seed from a sticktight[1].
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beggar's ticks \Beg"gar's ticks`\
     The bur marigold ({Bidens}) and its achenes, which are armed
     with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with
     unpleasant tenacity; -- also called {beggar-ticks}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  beggar-ticks \beggar-ticks\ n.
     1. the seed of bur marigolds.
  
     Syn: spanish needles.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow
        flowers and pricky fruits that cling to fur and clothing;
        -- also called {beggar's-ticks}.
  
     Syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beggar-ticks
       n 1: the seed of bur marigolds [syn: {spanish needles}]
       2: any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow
          flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
          [syn: {bur marigold}, {burr marigold}, {beggar's-ticks}, {sticktight}]