stickweed

/ˌstɪkˈwid/

Other forms: stickweeds

Definitions of stickweed

1. noun

   any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing
   types:

   beggar lice, beggar's lice

   Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests