beggar's-ticks

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Noun

1.beggar's-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingbur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight, beggar-ticksBidens, genus Bidens - bur marigoldsBidens bipinnata, Spanish needles - common bur marigold of the eastern United Statesbeggar-ticks, Spanish needles - the seed of bur marigoldsBidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower - North American bur marigold with large flowersBidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold - bur marigold of temperate EurasiaBidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks - bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadowssubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base