beggar-ticks

Definitions of beggar-ticks

1. noun

   any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
   synonyms: beggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight

   types:

   Bidens bipinnata, Spanish needles

   common bur marigold of the eastern United States

   Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower

   North American bur marigold with large flowers

   Bidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold

   bur marigold of temperate Eurasia

   Bidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks

   bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

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

   the seed of bur marigolds
   synonyms: Spanish needles

   type of:

   bur, burr

   seed vessel having hooks or prickles