beggarweed

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beg·gar·weed

B0161150 (bĕg′ər-wēd′)n. Any of several tick trefoils, especially Desmodium tortuosum or D. purpureum, grown for forage or as a cover crop in subtropical and tropical regions.

beggarweed

(ˈbɛɡəˌwiːd) n (Plants) any of various leguminous plants of the genus Desmodium, esp D. purpureum of the Caribbean, grown in the southern US as forage plants and to improve the soil. See also tick trefoil

beg•gar•weed

(ˈbɛg ərˌwid)

n. any of various tick trefoils, esp. Desmodium tortuosum, grown for forage in subtropical regions. [1875]

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beggarweed - West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soilDesmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosumtick trefoil, beggar lice, beggar's lice - any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments

beggarweed

tick trefoil,

leguminous plant (Desmodium purpureum) native to the West Indies and sown in the S United States for green manure and for forage; it has high nutritive value and is palatable to stock. The pods are covered with tiny hooked hairs and cling as burs. Other species of the genus are weeds often called by the same names, as are some other weeds with burs. Beggarweed is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.

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tick trefoil,

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noun West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil

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