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BEGGAR LICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beggar lice mean? 

BEGGAR LICE (noun)
  The noun BEGGAR LICE has 2 senses:

1. Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothingplay

2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or lomentsplay

  Familiarity information: BEGGAR LICE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEGGAR LICE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beggar's lice; beggar lice

Hypernyms ("beggar lice" is a kind of...):

stickweed (any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing)

Holonyms ("beggar lice" is a member of...):

genus Hackelia; genus Lappula; Hackelia; Lappula (stickweed; beggar's lice)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beggar's lice; beggar lice; tick trefoil

Hypernyms ("beggar lice" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beggar lice"):

beggarweed; Desmodium purpureum; Desmodium tortuosum (West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil)

Holonyms ("beggar lice" is a member of...):

Desmodium; genus Desmodium (beggarweed; tick trefoil)


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