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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing;
[syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight]

2. parasitic on especially the heads of chickens;
[syn: sticktight, sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

stick-tight \stick"-tight`\, n. (Bot.) 1. any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the genus Bidens, also called bur marigold, beggar-ticks, and Beggar's ticks, which have prickly flattened achenes. --RHUD [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. a seed from a sticktight[1]. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sticktight n 1: any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing [syn: bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, sticktight] 2: parasitic on especially the heads of chickens [syn: sticktight, sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea]