Meaning of BEGGAR'S LICE
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- [n] any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
- [n] Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
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| | Synonyms: | | beggar lice, tick trefoil |
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| | See Also: | | beggarweed, Desmodium, Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum, genus Desmodium, genus Hackelia, genus Lappula, Hackelia, Lappula, stickweed, subshrub, suffrutex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Beg"gar's lice`\ (Bot.)
The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species
of {Echinospermum} and {Cynoglossum}) which cling to the
clothing of those who brush by them.
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