English noun: sticktight |
1. | sticktight (plant) any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing |
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| Synonyms | beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold |
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| Broader (hypernym) | subshrub, suffrutex |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Bidens bipinnata, Bidens connata, Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, Bidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, Spanish needles, swampy beggar-ticks, tickseed sunflower, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold |
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| Part holonym | beggar-ticks, Spanish needles |
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| Member meronym | Bidens, genus Bidens |
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2. | sticktight (animal) parasitic on especially the heads of chickens |
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| Synonyms | Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea |
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| Broader (hypernym) | flea |
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| Member meronym | Echidnophaga, genus Echidnophaga |
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