sticktight

Other forms: sticktights

Definitions of sticktight

1. noun

   parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
   synonyms: Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea

   type of:

   flea

   any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
2. 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, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold

   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