Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genera Hackelia and Lappula, having small barbed fruits that cling to clothing or fur.
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- noun The plant
sticktight .
Etymologies
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stick + seed
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Examples
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-- Nutlet of stickseed, _Echinospermum_.] [Illustration: FIG.
Seed Dispersal 1878
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