About The Word Beggar's lice

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Beggar's lice

Beggar's lice Meaning & Definition
Beggar's lice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beggar's lice?

[n] any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
[n] Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Beggar's lice: beggar lice | tick trefoil

Related Terms | Find terms related to Beggar's lice:

See Also | beggarweed | Desmodium | Desmodium purpureum | Desmodium tortuosum | genus Desmodium | genus Hackelia | genus Lappula | Hackelia | Lappula | stickweed | subshrub | suffrutex

Beggar's lice In Webster's Dictionary

\Beg"gar's lice`\ (Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of {Echinospermum} and {Cynoglossum}) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

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