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SWAMPY BEGGAR-TICKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swampy beggar-ticks mean? 

SWAMPY BEGGAR-TICKS (noun)
  The noun SWAMPY BEGGAR-TICKS has 1 sense:

1. bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadowsplay

  Familiarity information: SWAMPY BEGGAR-TICKS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWAMPY BEGGAR-TICKS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bidens connata; swampy beggar-ticks

Hypernyms ("swampy beggar-ticks" is a kind of...):

beggar's-ticks; beggar-ticks; bur marigold; burr marigold; sticktight (any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing)


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