sticktight

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {sticktight}]
    2: parasitic on especially the heads of chickens [syn:
       {sticktight}, {sticktight flea}, {Echidnophaga gallinacea}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
    

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