Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various plants of the genera Hackelia and Lappula, having small barbed fruits that cling to clothing or fur.

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  • noun The plant sticktight.

Etymologies

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stick +‎ seed

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Examples

  • -- Nutlet of stickseed, _Echinospermum_.] [Illustration: FIG.

    Seed Dispersal 1878

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