Spanish needles

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Any of various bur marigolds, especially Bidens bipinatta, having long, thin, barbed achenes.

Span′ish nee′dles

n. a composite plant, Bidens bipinnata, having achenes with downwardly barbed awns. [1735–45, Amer.]

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Noun

Spanish needles - the seed of bur marigolds beggar-ticksbeggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight, beggar-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingbur, burr - seed vessel having hooks or prickles

Spanish needles - common bur marigold of the eastern United StatesBidens bipinnatabeggar's-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktight, beggar-ticks - any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

Spanish needles

Spanish needles:

see bur marigoldbur marigold
or sticktight,
common name for any species of Bidens, a genus of chiefly weedy North American plants of the family Asteraceae (aster family) with two-pronged burlike fruits (achenes) that have gained various species such additional names as
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Spanish needles

noun

Synonyms for Spanish needles

noun the seed of bur marigolds

Synonyms

beggar-ticks

Related Words

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

noun common bur marigold of the eastern United States

Synonyms

Bidens bipinnata

Related Words

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