English noun: tick trefoil | |||
1. | tick trefoil (plant) any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments | ||
Synonyms | beggar lice, beggar's lice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subshrub, suffrutex | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beggarweed, Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum | ||
Member meronym | Desmodium, genus Desmodium | ||