STICKTIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sticktight mean? 

• STICKTIGHT (noun)
  The noun STICKTIGHT has 2 senses:

1. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

2. parasitic on especially the heads of chickens

  Familiarity information: STICKTIGHT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STICKTIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beggar's-ticks; beggar-ticks; bur marigold; burr marigold; sticktight

Hypernyms ("sticktight" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "sticktight"):

beggar-ticks; Spanish needles (the seed of bur marigolds)

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

Bidens bipinnata; Spanish needles (common bur marigold of the eastern United States)

Bidens coronata; Bidens trichosperma; tickseed sunflower (North American bur marigold with large flowers)

Bidens tripartita; European beggar-ticks; trifid beggar-ticks; trifid bur marigold (bur marigold of temperate Eurasia)

Bidens connata; swampy beggar-ticks (bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows)

Holonyms ("sticktight" is a member of...):

Bidens; genus Bidens (bur marigolds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Parasitic on especially the heads of chickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Echidnophaga gallinacea; sticktight; sticktight flea

Hypernyms ("sticktight" is a kind of...):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

Holonyms ("sticktight" is a member of...):

Echidnophaga; genus Echidnophaga (a genus of Siphonaptera)