bur marigold

bur marigold

n.

Any of several weeds of the genus Bidens of the composite family, having yellow flower heads and barbed achenes that stick to clothing or fur. Also called beggar ticks, sticktight.

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bur marigold

n

(Plants) any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites). Also called: beggar-ticks or sticktight

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bur′ mar`igold

n.

any of various composite plants of the genus Bidens, esp. those having conspicuous yellow flowers.

[1810–20, Amer.]

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

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