'Beggar's lice' definitions:
Definition of 'beggar's lice'
(from WordNet)
noun
Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing [syn: beggar's lice, beggar lice]
noun
Any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments [syn: tick trefoil, beggar lice, beggar's lice]
Definition of 'Beggar's lice'
From: GCIDE
- Beggar's lice \Beg"gar's lice`\ (Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. [1913 Webster]