sticktight

stick·tight

S0755300 (stĭk′tīt′)n.1. See bur marigold.2. Any of various other plants having small fruits that cling to clothing and animal fur.

sticktight

(ˈstɪkˌtaɪt) n (Plants) any of various plants, esp the bur marigold, that have barbed clinging fruits

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sticktight - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingbeggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticksBidens, genus Bidens - bur marigoldsBidens bipinnata, Spanish needles - common bur marigold of the eastern United Statesbeggar-ticks, Spanish needles - the seed of bur marigoldsBidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflower - North American bur marigold with large flowersBidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigold - bur marigold of temperate EurasiaBidens connata, swampy beggar-ticks - bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadowssubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	sticktight - parasitic on especially the heads of chickensEchidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight fleaflea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leapEchidnophaga, genus Echidnophaga - a genus of Siphonaptera