tickseed

noun — 5 senses

tickseed

noun

Etymology From tick + seed, from tick (“the insect”).

1

A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.

› A plant producing such seed or fruit, such…

2

Bidens, beggarticks.

3

Coreopsis, coreopsis

4

Corispermum, bugseeds

5

Desmodium, tick-trefoils

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