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tickseed en · NOUN

Etymology

From tick + seed, from tick (“the insect”).

Meanings

1. A seed or fruit resembling a tick in shape, or in clinging to the skin or hair/fur.
2. A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera: ▸ Bidens, beggarticks.
3. A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera: ▸ Coreopsis, coreopsis
4. A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera: ▸ Corispermum, bugseeds
5. A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera: ▸ Desmodium, tick-trefoils

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