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    BURR MARIGOLD

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingplay

    Synonyms:

    beggar's-ticks; beggar-ticks; bur marigold; burr marigold; sticktight

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("burr marigold" is a kind of...):

    subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

    Meronyms (parts of "burr marigold"):

    beggar-ticks; Spanish needles (the seed of bur marigolds)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "burr marigold"):

    Bidens bipinnata; Spanish needles (common bur marigold of the eastern United States)

    Bidens coronata; Bidens trichosperma; tickseed sunflower (North American bur marigold with large flowers)

    Bidens tripartita; European beggar-ticks; trifid beggar-ticks; trifid bur marigold (bur marigold of temperate Eurasia)

    Bidens connata; swampy beggar-ticks (bur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows)

    Holonyms ("burr marigold" is a member of...):

    Bidens; genus Bidens (bur marigolds)

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