sticktight

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noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
• Syn:
bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks
• Hypernyms:
subshrub, suffrutex
• Hyponyms:
Spanish needles, Bidens bipinnata, tickseed sunflower, Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma,
European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold, Bidens tripartita, swampy beggar-ticks, Bidens connata
• Member Holonyms:
Bidens, genus Bidens
• Part Meronyms:
Spanish needles, beggar-ticks
2. parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
• Syn:
sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea
• Hypernyms:
flea
• Member Holonyms:
Echidnophaga, genus Echidnophaga