noun
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
• Syn: ↑burr marigold, ↑beggar-ticks, ↑beggar's-ticks, ↑sticktight
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.