Noun: sticktight 'stik,tIt
- Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
"The hiker's socks were covered in sticktight after walking through the field";
- bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks, stickseed
- Parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
"The chicken scratched at the sticktight fleas on its comb";
- sticktight flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea
Derived forms: sticktights
Type of: flea, subshrub, suffrutex
Part of: Bidens, Echidnophaga, genus Bidens, genus Echidnophaga
Encyclopedia: Sticktight