beggar's-ticks

Questions about beggar's-ticks

What does beggar's-ticks mean?

beggar's-ticks means "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing".

How many syllables are in beggar's-ticks?

beggar's-ticks has 3 syllables: beg-gar'-s-ticks. The stress falls on "beg".

What is another word for beggar's-ticks?

Close synonyms include bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-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's-ticks a common word?

beggar's-ticks is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.