sticktight

1. Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing (synset 111960475)
   is a type of: subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
   subtypes:

   • bidens bipinnata, spanish needles - common bur marigold of the eastern United States
   • bidens coronata, bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower - North American bur marigold with large flowers
   • bidens tripartita, european beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold - bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
   • bidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks - bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows
   belongs to: bidens, genus bidens - bur marigolds
   has: beggar-ticks, spanish needles - the seed of bur marigolds
   same as: beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold
2. Parasitic on especially the heads of chickens (synset 102190552)
   is a type of: flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
   belongs to: echidnophaga, genus echidnophaga - a genus of Siphonaptera
   same as: echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea

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