spanish needles

1. 1.

   the seed of bur marigolds

   Synonymsbeggar-ticks

   Broaderbur

   Part ofbur marigold
2. 2.

   common bur marigold of the eastern United States

   SynonymsBidens bipinnata

   Broaderbur marigold

Questions about spanish needles

What does spanish needles mean?

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

What is another word for spanish needles?

Close synonyms include beggar-ticks, Bidens bipinnata. 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 spanish needles a common word?

spanish needles 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.