noun
beggarweed; tick trefoil
• Syn: ↑genus Desmodium
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑tick trefoil, ↑beggar lice, ↑beggar's lice
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\\dezˈmōdēəm\ nounEtymology: New Latin, probably irregular from Greek desmos band, bond + New Latin -ium — more at desm-
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
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desmōdˈium noun (pl desmoˈdiums)
A plant of the telegraph-plant genus Desmodium
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Main Entry: ↑desmid
Useful english dictionary. 2012.