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🌱 A clinging plant 🪳 A parasitic insect
sticktight

sticktight

9.9
A plant with yellow flowers whose prickly seeds cling to fur or clothing
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪkˌtaɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : burr
  • The field was filled with sticktight plants, their yellow flowers bright under the sun.

Examples

  • After walking through the woods, her socks were covered in sticktight burrs.

  • I spent an hour picking sticktight seeds off my dog's fur after our hike.

  • The sticktight plants are abundant in this area.

  • I found a sticktight on my dog's fur.

  • After our walk, I had to remove several sticktight burrs from my clothes.

  • The park was full of blooming sticktight plants, making it difficult to walk through without getting snagged.

  • While hiking, my dog's fur became a home for many sticktight seeds that clung to him.

Synonyms

beggar-ticks
vssticktight
  • US
9.9

A plant with yellow flowers and small prickly fruits that stick to fur or clothing

is identical in botanical sense and fruit behavior
bur marigold
vssticktight
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to fur or clothes

shares the same botanical scope and sticky fruit feature
beggar's-ticks
vssticktight
  • US
9.9

A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to clothes and fur

expresses the same genus and cling behavior without real difference
burr marigold
vssticktight
9.2

A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to fur or clothing

focuses on prickly fruits of a specific genus rather than general seed types
stickweed
vssticktight
9.9

A small plant whose seeds cling to clothing or animal fur

is narrower, naming a single genus with prickly fruits that cling

Compounds

sticktight flea
  • Specialized
9.9

A small insect that sticks tightly to birds' skin and bites them, often on chickens' heads

Surface Forms

sticktight singular
sticktights plural

Morphology

sticktight = stick + tight (transparent) = stick + tight

Clear compound composition 'stick' + 'tight' describing botanical burrs that stick tightly to fur or clothing.

Etymology

Sticktight comes from two simple English words, stick and tight, meaning 'to stick' and 'firmly'. The plant makes small burrs that cling to fur and clothing, so the name gives a clear picture: the seeds 'stick tight' to you.