beggar's ticks

== English == === Alternative forms === beggartick, beggarticks, beggar-ticks === Etymology === From the notion of a beggar sleeping rough and acquiring a coating of the seeds, which stick to the body like ticks. Compare beggar's lice, beggar's buttons. === Noun === beggar's ticks (uncountable) The bur marigold (Bidens spp.) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns that adhere to clothing. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === beggar's ticks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bidens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Bidens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons