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tickseed, name sometimes used for the bur marigold bur 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 ..... Click the link for more information. , coreopsis coreopsis (kōrēŏp`sĭs), or tickseed, names for species of Coreopsis, ..... Click the link for more information. , tick trefoil or beggarweed beggarweed or tick trefoil, leguminous plant (Desmodium purpureum) native to the West Indies and sown in the S United States for green manure and for forage; it has high nutritive value and is palatable to stock. ..... Click the link for more information. , and other bur-producing weeds. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He moved through fields and woodlands tasting radiant moss, tickseed and meadow rue, promising nothing odd, crackpot or disfangled could ever be mere debris if you reach down and lift it, if you speak its savory name precisely in the oracular household of the unfurling world. |
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