sticktight

American

[stik-tahyt] / ˈstɪkˌtaɪt /

noun

any of several composite plants of the genus Bidens, having barbed achenes that adhere to clothing or fur.
any of various other plants having seeds that adhere to clothing or fur.
a seed of any of these plants.

sticktight British

/ ˈstɪkˌtaɪt /

noun

any of various plants, esp the bur marigold, that have barbed clinging fruits

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Etymology

Origin of sticktight

Noun use of verb phrase stick tight

Example Sentences

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He said he'd been by Logan's woods, And up by Walton's branch and Simms, And there were sticktights on his clothes And little dusts of seeds and stems.

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"Certainly," replied the colonel, studying how to get rid of the "sticktights."

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