[syn: sticktight, sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
stick-tight \stick"-tight`\, n. (Bot.)
1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that
may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the
genus Bidens, also called bur marigold,
beggar-ticks, and Beggar's ticks, which have prickly
flattened achenes. --RHUD
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. a seed from a sticktight[1].
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sticktight
n 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, sticktight]
2: parasitic on especially the heads of chickens [syn:
sticktight, sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea]