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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
beggar's-lice , 2. Also writtenbeggarticks .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity; -- also called
beggar-ticks .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
bur marigold and itsachenes , which are armed withbarbed awns thatadhere toclothing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
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