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Noun: Spanish needles
  1. Common bur marigold of the eastern United States
    - Bidens bipinnata
     
  2. The seed of bur marigolds
    "Spanish needles clung to his hiking socks";
    - beggar-ticks

Type of: beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur, bur marigold, burr, burr marigold, stickseed, sticktight

Part of: beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, stickseed, sticktight

Encyclopedia: Spanish needles