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BEGGAR-TICKS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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; sticktight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("beggar-ticks" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Meronyms (parts of "beggar-ticks"):

beggar-ticks; Spanish needles (the seed of bur marigolds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beggar-ticks"):

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)

Holonyms ("beggar-ticks" is a member of...):

Bidens; genus Bidens (bur marigolds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The seed of bur marigolds

Synonyms:

beggar-ticks; Spanish needles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("beggar-ticks" is a kind of...):

bur; burr (seed vessel having hooks or prickles)

Holonyms ("beggar-ticks" is a part of...):

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

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