- stickweed
- noun Date: 1743 any of several plants (as a beggar's-lice) with adhesive seeds
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stickweed
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stickweed — ☆ stickweed [stik′wēd΄ ] n. any of various North American plants with barbed seeds, as the ragweed or stickseed … English World dictionary
stickweed — /stik weed /, n. the ragweed. [1735 45, Amer.; STICK2 + WEED1] * * * … Universalium
stickweed — noun Any of various unrelated plants that have seeds that stick to clothing … Wiktionary
stickweed — stick•weed [[t]ˈstɪkˌwid[/t]] n. pln ragweed • Etymology: 1735–45, amer … From formal English to slang
stickweed — n. US = RAGWEED 2 … Useful english dictionary
Ambrosia artemisiifolia — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
List of plants by common name — The common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names: binomials, or Latin names. Many plants have several common names, and many common names refer to… … Wikipedia
Cleomella palmeriana M.E. Jones — Symbol CLPA3 Common Name Rocky Mountain stickweed Botanical Family Capparaceae … Scientific plant list
Cleomella palmeriana — ID 20150 Symbol Key CLPA3 Common Name Rocky Mountain stickweed Family Capparaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CO, NM, UT Growth Habit Forb/herb … USDA Plant Characteristics
beggar lice — noun 1. Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing • Syn: ↑beggar s lice • Hypernyms: ↑stickweed • Member Holonyms: ↑Hackelia, ↑genus Hackelia, ↑Lappula, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
