STICKWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stickweed mean? 

• STICKWEED (noun)
  The noun STICKWEED has 1 sense:

1. any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing

  Familiarity information: STICKWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STICKWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

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

beggar's lice; beggar lice (Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing)