Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beggar-ticks

2 senses of beggar-ticks

Sense 1
Spanish needles, beggar-ticks -- (the seed of bur marigolds)
       => bur, burr -- (seed vessel having hooks or prickles)

Sense 2
bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight -- (any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing)
       => subshrub, suffrutex -- (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)