stickweed
- noun
- /ˈstɪkˌwiːd/
:
planta pegajosa
- The dog's fur was covered in tiny green stickweed burs after its walk.
Examples
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Gardeners often remove stickweed to prevent its seeds from spreading everywhere.
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The stickweed clung to my pants as I walked through the field.
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After walking through the field, I found several stickweed seeds stuck to my jeans.
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I found some stickweed on my dog's fur after our walk.
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After walking through the field, I found several stickweed seeds stuck to my jeans.
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The dog's fur was covered in tiny green stickweed burs after its walk.
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I found some stickweed on my dog's fur after our walk.
Synonyms
A plant with sticky seeds that cling to fur or clothing
A small plant with tiny prickly seeds that stick to clothes or animal fur
A plant with yellow flowers whose prickly seeds cling to fur or clothing
A plant with many hooked hairs on its stems that cling to clothes and animals
How Clinging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word stickweed is made of two words: stick meaning 'to cling' and weed meaning 'a wild plant', so it names plants whose seeds stick to clothes or animal fur.