burr marigold

Questions about burr marigold

What does burr marigold mean?

burr marigold means "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing".

What is another word for burr marigold?

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

burr marigold 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.