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Noun: beggar's-ticks
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
    - bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, sticktight, stickseed

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: Bidens, genus Bidens

Encyclopedia: Beggar's-ticks