beggar-ticks
- noun
- /ˈbɛɡər tɪks/
- US
:
picos de pobre
- She picked the beggar-ticks off her socks after hiking through the meadow.
Examples
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The field was covered in beggar-ticks, their yellow blossoms bright against the green grass.
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After our walk, the dog's fur was full of beggar-ticks stuck to it.
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The beggar-ticks covered my dog's fur after our walk.
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I found a beggar-tick stuck to my shirt.
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After our walk, the dog's fur was full of beggar-ticks stuck to it.
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She picked the beggar-ticks off her socks after hiking through the meadow.
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The field was covered in beggar-ticks, their yellow blossoms bright against the green grass.
Synonyms
A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to fur or clothes
A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to clothes and fur
A plant with yellow flowers whose prickly seeds cling to fur or clothing
A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to fur or clothing
A plant with small sticky seeds that attach to clothes or animal fur
Small sticky seeds that cling to animal fur or clothes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beggar-ticks comes from the image of the plant's small, barbed fruits as ticks that cling, and the beggar part suggests they 'beg' a ride on passing people or animals. So the name helps you remember these yellow-flowered plants have prickly fruits that stick to fur and clothing.
