beggar-ticks

Questions about beggar-ticks

What does beggar-ticks mean?

beggar-ticks means "the seed of bur marigolds". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beggar-ticks?

beggar-ticks has 3 syllables and divides as beg-gar--ticks under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for beggar-ticks?

Close synonyms include Spanish needles, bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar's-ticks, sticktight. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beggar-ticks a common word?

beggar-ticks is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.