tick-trefoil
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tick + trefoil (“three-leaved”). Tick refers to the plant's loments – pods that break apart into segments that each contain one seed – which have small hooked hairs that allow the segments to stick to clothes, hair, or fur, similar to the way a tick clings on with its legs.
Noun
[edit]tick-trefoil (plural tick-trefoils)