Sticktight

2 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sticktight
       n 1: 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-ticks},
             {beggar's-ticks}]
       2: parasitic on especially the heads of chickens [syn: {sticktight
          flea}, {Echidnophaga gallinacea}]