desmodium
noun
des·mo·di·um
dezˈmōdēəm
1
capitalized : a large genus of coarse chiefly tropical and perennial leguminous herbs comprising the tick trefoils and having stipulate pinnate leaves, racemose flowers, and indehiscent fruits that separate into one-seeded segments and often stick to anything touching them see beggarweed, telegraph plant
2
plural -s : a plant of the genus Desmodium
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, probably irregular from Greek desmos band, bond + New Latin -ium