beggar lice

/ˌbɛgər laɪs/

Other forms: beggars lice

Definitions of beggar lice

1. noun

   any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
   synonyms: beggar's lice, tick trefoil

   types:

   Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum, beggarweed

   West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
2. noun

   Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
   synonyms: beggar's lice

   type of:

   stickweed

   any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing