beggartick

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English

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Etymology

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From beggar +‎ tick, so named as the seeds adhere to clothing and resemble ticks (insects) on the clothes of beggars.

Noun

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beggartick (plural beggarticks)

  1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Bidens.

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