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
• 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
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s) : one that sticks or adheres closely: as
a. : bur marigold
b. : stickseed
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/stik"tuyt'/, n.
1. any of several composite plants of the genus Bidens, having barbed achenes that adhere to clothing or fur.
2. any of various other plants having seeds that adhere to clothing or fur.
3. a seed of any of these plants.
[n. use of v. phrase stick tight]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.